A Northern World View: Yankee Society, Antislavery Ideology and the Abolition Movement - Lecture 4

Explore the rise of the Market Revolution in the North during the 1820s-1840s in this 51-minute lecture from Yale University's "The Civil War and Reconstruction" course. Examine the causes and effects of this economic transformation, including the growth of capital and transportation advancements. Discover how these changes impacted antebellum Northern culture, fostering both optimism and fear of change while intensifying the divide between North and South. Learn about concepts such as progress and Manifest Destiny, and analyze their influence on American society. Investigate the contradictions of progress as reflected in American literature and consider how these changes set the stage for future reforms.