America’s History Eighth Edition America: A Concise History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 9 Transforming the Economy 1800–1860 Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s James A. Henretta Eric Hinderaker Rebecca Edwards Robert O. Self

I. The American Industrial Revolution A. The Division of Labor and the Factory 1. Labor 2. The factory

I. The American Industrial Revolution B. The Textile Industry and British Competition 1. American and British Advantages 2. Better Machines, Cheaper Workers

I. The American Industrial Revolution C. American Mechanics and Technological Innovation 1. Mechanics 2. Tools

I. The American Industrial Revolution D. Wageworkers and the Labor Movement 1. Free Workers Form Unions 2. Labor Ideology

II. The Market Revolution A. The Transportation Revolution Forges Regional Ties 1. Canals and Steamboats Shrink Distance 2. Railroads Link the North and Midwest

II. The Market Revolution B. The Growth of Cities and Towns 1. West and Midwest 2. Atlantic coastal cities

III. New Social Classes and Cultures A. The Business Elite 1. Before industrialization 2. The urban wealthy

III. New Social Classes and Cultures B. The Middle Class 1. Who they were 2. The self-made man

III. New Social Classes and Cultures C. Urban Workers and the Poor 1. Laborers 2. Alcohol

III. New Social Classes and Cultures D. The Benevolent Empire 1. Conservative social reform 2. Discipline

III. New Social Classes and Cultures E. Charles Grandison Finney: Revivalism and Reform 1. Evangelical Beliefs 2. Temperance

III. New Social Classes and Cultures F. Immigration and Cultural Conflict 1. Irish Poverty 2. Nativism