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the study questions below will help you know what to focus on in the textbook reading and identify key things to get out of the videos and to help you study for discussions and quizzes. this is not an assignment you will turn in for points, but will help you with other assignments. it will also help guide your reading of the textbook so you know what to focus on.
note: these questions are more or less in the order of the chapters layout, but not always because sometimes they are bigger questions. the textbook and videos help cover things in slightly different ways and our textbook is often brief on certain topics, so videos can help. if you like videos more than reading, start there and then see what the textbook has to add or reinforce your knowledge.

1. define and describe the market revolution. think: what, who, where, when, why, how? (id start with john greens crash course video below and use the book to augment it. the basic definition is at 1:20, but descriptions follow.) practice writing definitions in your own words to demonstrate you understand it.

a. the market revolution was a major change in the u.s. economy during the early 1800s when people started buying and selling goods instead of making everything themselves. it was a shift from a local, small - scale economy to a national, more industrial and commercial economy

1. what were key transportation means in 1815 and recent new modes of transportation in the market revolution?
2. what was the function of the cotton gin (the \gin\ is short for engine) and what impact did it have have on slavery in the us? why?

• eli whitney, father of american technology from the history channel
• eli whitney: father of american technology - fast facts | history
• links to an external site.

Explanation:

The Market Revolution in the early 1800s in the U.S. was a shift from a local, self - sufficient economy to a national, industrial and commercial one with more buying and selling of goods. Key transportation means in 1815 and new modes during the Market Revolution need research on historical transportation developments. The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney, increased cotton production and had a significant impact on slavery in the U.S. by making cotton - based slavery more profitable.

Answer:

1. The Market Revolution was a major change in the U.S. economy in the early 1800s, shifting from local, small - scale self - sufficiency to a national, industrial and commercial economy with more buying and selling.
2. Research historical transportation developments for key means in 1815 and new modes during the Market Revolution.
3. The cotton gin increased cotton production. It made slavery more profitable in the U.S. as more labor was needed to grow and pick cotton for the increased production enabled by the gin.