The Market Revolution catapulted the American economy headfirst into a massive change that included industrialization, and urbanization. Transportation and communication such as canals, steamboats, roads, railroads and telegrams cultivated a new type of relationship between society and economy. Suddenly, there existed a class of single, independent, working women, as well as men. The growing gap between classes emerged as a means for affluent individuals to get involved in (pro or anti) abolitionist and feminist movements. Radicals emerged from both sides who had the time and money to provoke destruction to opposing viewpoints. One such example was John Brown, a religious fanatic, and militant abolitionist. Brown led a massacre against a pro-slavery settlement with the rationalization God told him to abolish slavery. Additionally, Brown secretly built an army to start a slave uprising in Harpers Ferry. This unforeseen result of the newfound economic amelioration was commonplace yet
The Market Revolution catapulted the American economy headfirst into a massive change that included industrialization, and urbanization. Transportation and communication such as canals, steamboats, roads, railroads and telegrams cultivated a new type of relationship between society and economy. Suddenly, there existed a class of single, independent, working women, as well as men. The growing gap between classes emerged as a means for affluent individuals to get involved in (pro or anti) abolitionist and feminist movements. Radicals emerged from both sides who had the time and money to provoke destruction to opposing viewpoints. One such example was John Brown, a religious fanatic, and militant abolitionist. Brown led a massacre against a pro-slavery settlement with the rationalization God told him to abolish slavery. Additionally, Brown secretly built an army to start a slave uprising in Harpers Ferry. This unforeseen result of the newfound economic amelioration was commonplace yet