What was it Like in the 1850s? |
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"La Traviatta", Verdi
"Faust", Gounod
"Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)", Stephen Foster
Literature
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
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Jenny Lind's U.S. singing tour is huge sensation.
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| World Events |
 The Taiping Rebellion begins in China. Napoleon III's Second Empire established. The Crimean War occurs. Indians rise against the British in the Sepoy Mutiny. Garibaldi establishes association to unify Italy. French schoolgirl Bernadette Soubirous sees visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. France declares war on Austria.
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| U.S. History |
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U.S. Presidents: Millard Fillmore (1850-53); Franklin Pierce (1853-57); James Buchanan (1857-61). California is the 31st state admitted to the Union through the Compromise of 1850 which ensures that California is a free state, but establishes Fugitive Slave Law, requiring the return of escaped slaves. The first national women's rights convention is held in Massachusetts. Levi Strauss invents blue jeans. I.M. Singer invents sewing machine. Samuel Colt introduces first mass-produced revolver. America and Mexico sign Gadsden Treaty. U.S. commodore Matthew Perry enters Edo Bay in Japan. Republican party organized. Abolitionist John Brown and followers raid Harper's Ferry. Minnesota and Oregon admitted as states.
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| At Salem Normal School |
 Horace Mann pushes for better schools and teacher training. Salem chosen as the site for the third normal school in Massachusetts. Richard Edwards appointed first principal. Charlotte Forten attends Salem Normal School. Alpheus Crosby becomes the 2nd president.
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