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Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848

Market Revolution: Industrialization

Explain how factories, machines, canals and railroads tied Americans into national and world markets from 1800 to 1848, and use that evidence to support an argument.

Topic 4.5 · 13 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01From households to markets
  2. 02The machines that raised output
  3. 03Roads, canals, railroads and the law behind them
  4. 04Cotton tied the regions and the Atlantic together
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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