Life In The 1800s

In 19th Century England, living conditions were horrible for the poor. If you didn’t have enough money to stay out of poverty you were heading into a harsh and unforgiving life as a person in the slums. People took poison to escape the horrors that a poor person could easily slip into. Both adults and little children drank gin and beer because of all of the sewage and garbage dumped into the rivers. For the many, many poor people there was often no clean water and people went to the bathroom in ‘bathroom’ privies that everyone in the slums used outside. At least half of the poor children died before their fifth birthday. In contrast, the wealthy could have mansions with servants, grand food, and clean drinking water. On top of all of this,

Over time, transportation has shown to have an incredible impact on the United States. It has revealed to bring about economic and social changes in various ways. In the late eighteenth century ancient methods of traveling were still in use in America and it was often very slow. Americans were aware that if transportation advancement occurred, it would potentially increase foreign trade, increase land values as well as strengthen the American economy. In the mid 1800s it has been determined that transportation advancement has a drastic effect on our

Everyday Life in Early America was written by David Freeman Hawke, a professor of American History at Lehman College. He was seventy-five years old when he passed away in 1999. Hawke carried multiple degrees from Swarthmore College, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a highly regarded historical scholar with a talent for writing. Hawke already had several books published by the time he wrote Everyday Life in Early America in 1988. These books include: The Colonial Experience (1966), In the Midst of a Revolution (1961), Paine (1974), and Franklin (1976). His other book, “Benjamin Rush: Revolutionary Gadfy” was a biography nominated for National Book Award in 1972.

Everyday life in the United States is very different today than it was in the 1700's. Life was harder and the settlers did not have nearly as many luxuries as society has today. Some aspects of the colonial times that were different then are today include family, employment, and social activities. Life in the United States in the 1700's was filled with hard work, cooperation, and dedication to one’s land and family.

During the late 1700s, production and manufacturing were centralized around people’s homes and farms. The majority of the work produced was done to provide for individual or community use; often hard labor, basic machines, and hand tools were used to carry out tasks. An era of powered machines and factories created the Industrial mark across the nation. Textile and iron industries developed the steam engine to help improve transportation and exchange to increase manufactured goods. While the impact improved the standard of living for a small majority, others a large majority remained poor and living in poverty. Urban cities that housed large manufacturing plants that provided jobs in often overcrowded cities and poor living conditions.

An astounding invention in the nineteenth century transformed America. Towns sprang up where only barren land had once been, families reconnected and and crossed the continent together, and immigrants poured into the Land of Opportunity. Few technological advancements had enough influence to impact so many people and places, but the Transcontinental Railroad was one of those rare cases. From 1863 to 1869, the Railroad expanded over the continent. This project had many unforeseen effects, whether social, economic, or political. The Transcontinental Railroad affected America the most socially by changing travel for the average American, uprooting the American Indians, and leading to more prejudice against immigrants.

During the nineteenth century, beginning in the early 1800s, there was a series of events that occurred in the United States which we refer to today as the Westward Expansion. The Westward Expansion of the United States is a defining theme in the nineteenth century. It had a large impact on both the American people and the native Indians and Mexicans that had already lived there. The westward expansion effected four major things: the size of the United States, the native Indians and Mexicans that already lived among the land, and today’s transportation. The process of expanding the land westward took several years and had both negative and positive outcomes, but it was a huge factor in shaping the United States into the country it is today.

According to Kenneth E. Redd from Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Making a Comeback, teachers in the 1800’s were white philanthropists. They were in southern states under auspices of the federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (commonly known as the Freedmen Bureau), black churches and white philanthropists. They help to establish several colleges, Howard University, Atlanta University, (Clark Atlanta) St. Augustine College (North Carolina) Fisk University (Tennessee) and Johnson C. Smith (North Carolina). The first HBCUs were private, non-profit institutions and was funded by without government support.

Life in the 1800 was the period of progression. It was considered the year of progression because it marked the year were everything was forming and people were coming up with ideas and inventions to make their lives better and for the new upcoming period to continue the process until the world was flowing into its promise. People lives back then were filled with struggles of ups and downs and overcoming obstacles to get ahead in life. Expressing their struggles and what they’ve been through to overcome their barriers in life many people took the opportunity of writing.

Eric Humphrey During the progressive era one major problem that was fixed were the working conditions. The working conditions in the 1800’s were very poor. For example one aspect that was an issue for the people was the pay. The pay was very low.

There was much change coming to the United States of America. Towns were booming with population and technology was reaching new heights. There were many that could not farm or produce agriculture anymore due to the poor soil. Women were not being educated, but were expected to make money. Many women were leaving the rural areas to go to the urban areas to work in the textile mills. Thousands were going to Lowell, Massachusetts, which was the epicenter for mills during the 1820s to the 1860s.

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In the early 1800s, the advent industrial revolution in England had a negative effect on almost all the average works including women and children. The revolution put people through long hard hours in unsafe conditions with little to no pay. In 1832, William Cooper testified before the Sadler Committee who was investigating the working conditions in British factories. William said how he has been working in a factory for 18 years and he started just at the age of 10.

I believe they were not right in the 1800’s about the condition was bad because a doctor said this.The bad conditions was bad in the factory. There were benten by the kids from the grown ups. You can hardly breathe in the cotton factory. Kids getting hurt in the machinery. People did not go to the hospital.

How life changed in the 1750s to 1900s There were many important changes in people’s lives. Some of the important changes were things like houses to things like public health. Many improvement and events happened which effected our life today.