Q How were the different “revolutions” of the early nineteenth century—the Market Revolution, the Transportation Revolution, and the Communications Revolution—related, and how did they transform America economically, socially, and politically? Read the account of Harriet H. Robinson of the Lowell Mill strike, in the Yawp Reader (entitled “Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers’ Strike, 1863"). What does Robinson’s account suggest about the promise—and the reality—of economic mobility in an increasingly capitalistic United States?
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