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Market Revolution
Causes
Agriculture
Commercial farming: Cash crops (like cotton) produced quicker through inventions like the cotton gin
The Cotton Gin: Making it easier for farmers to pick cotton. Able to produce more cotton than before and earn more money.
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Steel Plow
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Transportations
The Cumberland Road: Transport raw materials and commodities from Maryland to Illinois.
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Steamboat: Goods delivered downstream, while raw materials delivered upstream. Made trade easy and fast.
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Railroad: Replaced canals for linking regions, trading, manufacturing, no worries for weather. State governments helped expand the railroad using loans and land.
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Effects
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Unity
West provided food (grain and livestock) for Northern factory workers and Europe
South provided cotton for Northern factories (New England and Britain)
East provided machinery and textiles for the Southern cotton and Western agriculture
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