Impact of the Market Revolution

The market revolution dramatically changed American society, drawing more people into it's orbit, alerting class relations, and redefining gender and family roles. 
== Workers drawing into the new methods of production ==
New methods of production attracted men and women into a growing market economy and away from small-scale agricultural work.
=== The "Putting Out System" ===
In the first decades of the 19th century, a system of manufacturing developed in which many workers performed piecework at home. In this "putting-out system," men and women would perform a task arranged by an agent and would be paid by the piece produced. Often, the task was a small part of a larger operation, such as repeatedly cutting leather forms to be sewn elsewhere into shoes. This system was suited to small-town and rural communities. Often, families