Use this History of The American Journey video entitled Industrial Change and Urbanization 1820 to 1850 to study the modernization of the American North from 1820 to 1850. Learn about the growth of American industry; the transportation revolution; urbanization; German and Irish immigration; and the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the distribution of wealth and society inequality in America. Discovered how the changes in American society were answered with the rise of reform movements; the chapter covers the expansion of religion into areas of moral and social reform and the benevolent empire; the various reform efforts including the abolitionist movement; experimental utopian communities; the role of women in reforming society and the beginnings of the movement for women’s rights.
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