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1、Duringtheantebellumperiod,1781to1860,theUnitedStateswasinfluencedbytheIndustrialRevolutiontookplaceinBritainin1700s,andtheeconomyofthenationimprovedinaunimaginedhighspeed,alsoevolveddifferentlyindifferentregions.IntheNorth,advancingproductionmethodandtoolanddev
2、elopmentintransportandcommunicationwerespringinglikemushrooms,bringingmodernization;however,intheSouth,whiletheinventionofCottonGinmadeproductionofcottonmoreprofitable,thenumberofslavelaborincreasedandledtheeconomytobemoresingle.Closelytiedtothestates’rightissu
3、e,debatesbeganandheadedintoNullificationCrisis.Graduallymoreconflictsgatheredtogether,andthewarbegan.Inaword,largelyinfluencedbytheIndustrialRevolution,theeconomyoftheNorthdevelopeddiverselyandmodernlywhiletheSouthmaintainedtradition,andthenpoliticalconflictsoc
4、curred,ofwhichtheexistenceofslaverywastheprimarycause,foreshadowingtheAmericanCivilWar.Significantlyandrapidly,theIndustrialRevolutiondevelopedmanufactureandfarming,whichwasknownastheMarketRevolution.Inthenortheast,industrializationincreasedrapidly.In1789,aBrit
5、ishinventorcalledSamuelSlaterimmigratedtoAmericaandreproducedBritishmachinerywhiletheBritishprohibitedthemachineryexportstoguardtheirinventions.Soon,textileproducerslearnthismethodsandreproducedmanycomplexmachines,soin1793,thefirstsuccessfulwaterpowertextilemil
6、lwasestablished.Until1814,hundredsoftextilemillsarosemostlyinPennsylvania,NewYork,andNewEngland,bringingenormousbenefits-money,jobopportunities.Also,in1813,FrancisCabotLowellbuiltthefirstcentralizedtextilemillinWaltham,Massachusetts.Lowellemployedyoung,unmarrie
7、dfemalesinsteadofmales,providingincomeof$3.25fora72hourworkweek,placetolive,aswellastheopportunitytosocializewithothers.Heledagroupofbusinessmeninbuildingthefirsttrulycentralizedtextilefactory,whereallthetasksinvolvedinmakingaproductwerecarriedout.Thisisagreatp
8、rogresssinceitnotonlymadeawaytogainmoreprofitsbutalsogavewomentheequalrightstoworkinfactories,whileinmanycountrieswomenwerenotallowedtoworkoutofhome.IntheNorthwest,farmingbe