Life in the 1800s

By Heather Dennis

Food

• Common foods were corn bread, soup, tea, turkey and vegetables.

• Foods were cooked by simple methods by using things like boiling pots, dutch ovens and roasting spits.

• Farming was greatly influenced by season and place.

Dress

• Women’s clothing had a lot of lace and trimmings on them.

• Men wore leather boots and shoes

• The men’s style continued to consist of trousers and a jacket

Work

• Before the 1800s, many people were farmers, but in the mid-1800s, new jobs were created in the cities.

• Many people found work in factories or provided materials for those factories

• Miners produced coal that powered the factories

Tools

• Miner’s candlestick

• The plow

• Axes

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