Farm Life
Factory Life
1820 to 1860
Necessities
Trade
100

How many hours a week the men have to work

From sun up to sun down or 24/7

100

How many hours everyone spend in the factory

13-14 hours

100

Did most people live in farms

Yes

100

The kind of animals the farmers had

Horses mules oxen cattle pigs sheep chicken duck

100

What they traded with their neighbors

Extra food, seeds and animals

200

What did they do to their daughters if they couldn't make enough food

Married them off

200

Who run the machines

Young Women

200

Were stores easy access back then

No

200

Did they have gas power stoves

No

200

Why the natives traded with the travelers

To gain trust and to show they weren’t evil

300

How they went to the restroom

Sheds outside/porta potties

300

The amount of men and women that left to work in the factory

10,000 women and 2,000 Men

300

How people traveled across the country 

In groups via horse back and wagons.

300

How they showed

Sponges pitchers of water and bashbasins

300

What day the neighbors visited to trade

Sundays

400

What houses back then were made of

Brick stone and wood

400

What the working conditions in the factories were

Cotton dust filled air and loud/dangerous machines

400

Who traded with settlers on their journey across the continent

Native Americans
400

How long it would take to make clothes

A few days or months 

400

Why they were reluctant to trade with natives

Lack of trust

500

The average house size

450 square feet

500

Why the workers did the same job everyday

They were focus on making product 

500

The amount of men and women that left England to work in the factorys

10,000 women and 2000 men
500

The girls and woman's part in the process to create clothing for their family's

Doing and learning Sewing and needlework

500

Why they traded off their family

To save food and resources