american life in the 1800s
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American Life in the 1800s. American Life in the 1800s. Population 1800 = 5.3 million (1 mil of those were slaves) 1850 = 23 million (3.2 slaves) 2014 = 313 million Immigrants In those 50 years, 18 million European immigrants moved to the United States for land. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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American Life in the 1800s
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American Life in the 1800sPopulation• 1800 = 5.3 million (1 mil of those were slaves)• 1850 = 23 million (3.2 slaves)• 2014 = 313 million
Immigrants• In those 50 years, 18 million European immigrants moved to the United States for
land. • Lots of German and Irish - 250,000 Scotch Irish came as indentured servants• By 1850, Irish are 43% of the immigrant population
• New York had more Irish born citizens than Dublin, Ireland!!! That’s the capital of Ireland!
• Lots of anti Irish sentiments
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What do the age brackets tell you about American society in the 1800s?What were the most populated states?Where did slaves live?
The North gradually ended slavery through the 1840s.
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American Life in the 1800s80% of American families lived on farms. Cities were very sophisticated.
No mainstream cameras yet.
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American Life in the 1800s• At 6-years-old, children would start working to help the family.• Education was done mostly at home although some communities would join
together to hire a teacher to instruct their children. • Teachers were generally 14 to 15-year-old women who would work in a one room
school house for all students no matter the age. • Students did their work with chalk and slate
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Education in the 1800s• Schools focused on the 3 Rs
• Reading, wRiting, and ‘Rithmatic • Noah Webster
• Father of American Scholarship and Education• Wrote spelling books• First dictionary in 1828
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Jobs in the 1800s
• Farmer• Blacksmith• Factory Worker
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What was cool in 1800s?• Names
• Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Ann• John, William, James, and George
• Hobbies• Reading – Now reading for fun was becoming mainstream.• Banjo, fiddle, dancing, chess, checkers, cock fighting, barn raisings, husking bees
• Fur Trade 1816 – 1850
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What was cool in 1800s?• Books
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
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Laura Ingalls Wilder• 1867 – 1957• American author who wrote about her experiences growing up during this time
period in The Little House on the Prairie.• At 14-years-old she became a teacher• At 18, she married 28-year-old Almanzo Wilder
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Little House on the Prairie