Farm family in the early 1800s
1. How did most Americans earn a living at the beginning of the 1800s?
2. Describe a typical day of a farm family in the early 1800s.
3. What lured many farmers west?
4. In 1820, only 7 percent of the American population lived in cities. By 1860, nearly 20 percent lived in urban areas. Where did most of the cities develop? Why?
5. What problems did people in the cities face?
6. Describe a typical factory job in the 1830s.
7. Why did many Europeans immigrate to the United States in the early nineteenth century?
8. Where did the Europeans settle in the United States?
9. What organizations helped the immigrants adjust to life in the United States?
10. How did Americans react to the immigrants?
11. People who advocated strict limits on immigration were called?
