The Market Revolution (early-mid 19th century) involved
- A
The legal elimination of slavery across the cotton South and lower Mississippi valley
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Increased commercialization, transportation improvements (canals, railroads, steamboats), and factory production
- C
A widespread return to subsistence farming and the abandonment of cash-crop agriculture
- D
A sharp decline in interregional trade and a return to colonial-era barter economies
Explanation
The Erie Canal (1825), railroads, and the cotton gin transformed regional economies.