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The Antebellum Market Revolution
Market & Transportation Video Lesson
All these resources go with this video on the "Market and Transportation Revolution."
THIS VIDEO-LESSON INCLUDES:
1) Interactive, Follow-Along Notesheet
2) Quick Quiz
3) Extension Activity
The video teaches students how the market revolution transformed the economy and people's lives in the 1800s. It covers how transportation improvements like the steamboat, canals, and railroads improved trade and travel, how the cotton gin, the steel plow, and McCormick Reaper improved farming, and how Samuel Slater started textile mills that spread through the North as Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts created a manufacturing revolution.
✅ The lessons cover state-standards while making sure the content is still interesting.
ANTEBELLUM MARKET REVOLUTION ACTIVITY
After the video, notes, and quiz, students create a map of the market revolution to build geography skills. After creating a quick map of the major regional developments at this time, they answer some critical thinking questions.
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