Fashion
What type of shoes did woment commonly wear in the 1840s.
Flat shoes
What did people go out west to find?
What American writer published The Raven in 1845?
Edgar Allen Poe
What invention allowed clothes to be made and repaired faster and easier at home?
Sewing Machine
Who did Queen Victoria marry?
Prince Albert
What did woment commonly wear in the 1840s to make their waste smaller?
A Corset
What two countries fought over Texas?
Mexico & USA
What early photographic process, introduced in 1839, became popular for capturing detailed portraits during the 1840s?
daguerreotype
What new technology developed in the 1840s was used to capture a person's image?
Photography
What was the goal of the Seneca Falls Convention?
To grow awareness of and promote women's rights to vote.
In the 1840s, what did women wear to give their dress volume and help shape it?
Petticoats
During the 1840s, what belief drove westward migration in the US?
Manifest Destiny
What 19th-century movement emphasized emotion, imagination, and individual experience?
Romantacism
What was one new but rare luxury that arrived in America in the 1840s?
Indoor Plumbing
Who was the first president to die in office?
William Henry Harrison
In the 1840s, what type of hat was popular for women to wear that kept their hair tidy and the sun off their face?
A bonnet
What was the womens rights convention/movment called?
Seneca Falls
What famous American showman became known for popularizing spectacles and exhibitions, including his American Museum in New York?
P. T. Barnum
Lovewell invisioned what modern invention in the 1840s?
Computors
What valuable item was traded in China for opium, leading to the Opium War?
Silver
In the 1840s, what shape of skirt did women wear under their dresses that made their skirts look full and round?
A bell shape
Where was gold found that started the Gold Rush?
Sutter's Mill
Who patented the sewing machine in 1846, which transformed clothing production over time?
What two inventions connected cities and places and often had telegraph cables running alongside its paths.
Trains and Steam Engines
List two to three countries controlled by the Hapsburgs during the 1840s.
Hungary, Austria, modern Czech Republic