A factor in the Consumer Revolution and the Market Revolutio…

A factor in the Consumer Revolution and the Market Revolution, allowed middle-class women to examine elaborate fashion trends and patterns, driving the tastes of nineteenth-century consumers. Women would take the patterns to local seamstresses or remake older dresses to fit current trends. Women shopkeepers would also model these fashions for their customers and offer all the necessary items for making them.

Key Terms:The American Spiritual MarketplaceAmerican Urban P…

Key Terms:The American Spiritual MarketplaceAmerican Urban ProblemsCharles FinneyDavy CrockettDisinterested BenevolenceThe Giant Block of CheeseThe Global Cotton Trade”Go Down Moses”Graham CrackersHarriet JacobsThe Indian Removal ActJames Henry HammondJohn TylerThe Kitchen CabinetThe Know-Nothing PartyMartin Van BurenMary Polk BranchMinstrelsyPetit GulfSolomon Northup