AP US History
Chapter 9 Reading Guide
Part A
Using the text, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper. Be detailed in your responses.
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What major agricultural, transportation, and communication changes occurred during the market revolution?
How did factories change the work of skilled workers?
In what ways did the Lowell Mills benefit the women that worked there? What problems did they face?
What new challenges did urban industrialization present?
How did immigration patterns change in the early 19th century?
What was life like for free blacks in the north and south?
What was the planter class? What did they value?
How did honor shape southern culture?
What methods did slave owners use to discipline slaves?
What was life like in slavery? What traditions were used to create a unique slave community?
Part B
Provide a brief definition of each of the following key terms and people.
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market revolution
Erie Canal
Samuel Morse
Waltham System
yeoman farmers
spirituals
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
slave codes
Part C
Provide a detailed example from the chapter for each of the 7 APUSH Learning Objectives on a separate sheet of paper.
19. P (Politics and Power)
20. A (America in the World)
21. S (Social and Cultural
22. T (Technology, Work, and Exchange)
23. I (Identity)
24. M (Migration and Settlement)
25. E (Environment and Geography)