1. Life in the 1800s By Heather Dennis

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. Tools Miner’s candlestick The plow Axes

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