Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 13, Lesson 3: Economic Life of the New Nation (pp. 324-328)
I. Agriculture and Trade
B. Farmers used the money they made to buy more goods made in factories.
C. Trade with other countries increased and port cities grew.
II. Wealth and Inequality
B. When people moved to cities looking for work, the cities grew and prices went up.
C. The number of poor people increased.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Farmers began producing a surplus and grew fewer crops.
A. The number of wealthy people increased when trade expanded.
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