LIFE IN THE 1800'S

Louisiana purchase

• USA bought it from France
• They bought for 15 million
• Thomas Jefferson was the person who bought it
• It doubled the size of the USA

Lewis and Clark

• Lewis and Clark are the ones who explored the Louisiana purchase
• Sacagawea was their guide
• The overall effect was every one wanted to move there because of all the things that where there

American culture

• 2nd great awakening gave people the determination to better their live through religion.
• One of the author is Washington Irving he wrote a collection of short stories, "the sketch book"
• George caleb Bingham was a painter that painted fur trade,riverboat workers, and political speakers

American culture

• Stephen C. Foster a singer who combined African and European music to creat unique American melodies
• The USA architecture developed their own forms of building based on the classical style of Ancient Greece

American life

• The southern planation was widely separated from each other
• They depended on slavery and cash crops
• Being a slave was horrible, they did farm work and worked on plantation

American Life

• The northern cities had only a few smalls industries that made products, such as textiles, shoes, and metal goods.
• Life in the west was was very rigorous
• Pioneers wrestled with uncertain climate, limited supplies, and sometimes failing crops