citizens—That as a labour-saving machine it is an invention which enables one
man to perform in a given time that which would require a thousand men, without
its aid, to perform in the same time—in short that it furnishes to the whole fam-
ily of mankind the means of procuring the article of cotton, that important raw
material, which constitutes a great part of their cloathing at a much cheaper rate.William Phipps Blake, History of the Town of Hamden, Connecticut: With an Account of the
Centennial Celebration, June 15th, 1886 (New Haven, CT: Price, Lee, 1888), 287–288.194 chAPTEr 8 | the marKet reVoLUtion | period Four 18 0 0 –1848PrAcTIcInG historical Thinking
Identify: What is Whitney’s chief complaint?
Analyze: What is the cause of Whitney’s complaint in this excerpt?
Evaluate: In what ways could Whitney’s invention transform the American labor
market?Document 8.2 Election ticket: Agriculture, trade,
Manufactures
1828This election ticket for Andrew Jackson allowed the holder to vote easily by placing it
in a ballot box. These kinds of election tickets became popular throughout the early
nineteenth century as enfranchisement spread to all white men regardless of wealth or
literacy. Preprinted ballots were printed by the candidates’ campaigns or political parties
themselves. This ballot lists a vote for two Jackson supporters underneath an image of an
anchor, bales, barrels, a ship, and the words “Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures.”
The words “Edes Print” on the trunk could be the name of the printer of the ballot.Library of Congressprints andphotographsDivision,LC-UsZ61-1446.09_STA_2012_ch8_191-212.indd 194 19/03/15 5:51 PM