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What was used to make bricks?
clay
100
What type of home was brought by Swedish settlers?
log cabin
100
What type of home was the preference of the pioneers moving westward?
log cabin
100
Who brought the building technology of log cabins?
Swedish settlers
100
What is another name for porch?
"stoop"
200
What materials were used to construct Middle and Southern colonial homes?
bricks and logs
200
What did the German settlers in Pennsylvania invent to help keep the house warm during winter?
iron stove
200
What stove burned wood and vented the smoke out through the house's chimney?
iron stove
200
How many chairs did a typical colonial home have?
one and it belonged to the father
200
Since there was only one chair in the house, where did the rest of the family sit?
on the "settle"
300
What was used to bake the molded mixture of clay and water?
heated kiln
300
What was placed in between the bed sheets to keep the bed warm at night?
warming pan
300
What kept the beds warm at night which was made of brass copper container with long handles filled with embers from the fireplace?
warming pan
300
What was a long bench with high sides and a high back?
"settle"
300
What kind of wood were used to make the furniture of wealthy Southern colonists homes?
fine walnut and mahogany
400
What mixture held the bricks together to build a strong house?
a mixture of lime and sand mortar
400
Where did the colonists get their water?
nearby streams and wells
400
What did the colonists use for their bathtub?
a wooden tub filled with water
400
What adorned the walls of the homes of the wealthy?
imported European wallpaper and wall paneling
400
What materials were used to fill the colonial mattresses?
cornhusks, rags and straw
500
Where did the older children sleep in the house?
in the loft
500
The older children slept in the upper level of the house. What did they use to get to the upper level?
a ladder
500
What spread rapidly because of poor sanitary practices?
small pox and other diseases
500
What was the name of a colonial bed that allowed a smaller mattress to fit under it?
"jack beds"
500
What beds were stored under a "jack bed" during the day and pulled out at night for the younger children?
"trundle beds"