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The Market Revolution

The Market Revolution. Reactions and Effects. Focus Question:. Why do some people embrace change while others find it alarming?. Immediate Impacts. Separation of work and home Old systems fade away End of the “Putting Out” System Removes source of family income

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The Market Revolution

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  1. The Market Revolution Reactions and Effects

  2. Focus Question: • Why do some people embrace change while others find it alarming?

  3. Immediate Impacts • Separation of work and home • Old systems fade away • End of the “Putting Out” System • Removes source of family income • Establishes rule of the “bell”

  4. Immediate Impacts • Separation of work and home • Old systems fade away • End of the “Putting Out” System • Removes source of family income • Establishes rule of the “bell”

  5. Immediate Impact II • Devaluation of Women’s Work • End of “Putting Out” system took opportunity • Use of farm girls for textile workers • Quest to find a steady, reliable workforce • Avoid the bleak poverty of English milltowns

  6. Lowell System • Hire farmgirls for the factories • Provide home-like structure for the girls • Provide opportunity for families to earn money • Allow for more control of the workforce

  7. The Lowell Girls • System unravelled • Greater Independence recognized • Girls less “tractable” that supposed • Numerous “Turn Outs” • Protest working conditions • Protest wages • Ten Hour Day Movement

  8. Sparks of Further Change • Transportation • Communications • Technological • Cultural • Environmental

  9. Sparked Reaction • What direction was the country headed? • What changes were made in society? • What changes were made in the family? • Was this an improvement?

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