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Imagine traveling with your family across an unknown country to start a new life in a new place. Few people live there. Your family must work hard to build a house and raise food. Schooling would probably be a low priority until your family’s basic needs were met. But then…
Pioneer children wanted the same things children want today. They liked spending time with their families, learning new things, and playing with friends. Their lives were very different in other ways though. Fun Facts Pioneers often had large families, although it wasn’t uncommon for at least one child or parent…
As the pioneers moved west, they built cabins, claimed land for farms, and hunted animals and birds. The Indians felt angry and afraid. They believed the earth belonged to everyone and couldn’t be claimed by one person. They also believed in living simply and using resources carefully, only taking what…
When settlers headed west, they had little time for building fancy houses. They usually traveled west during the spring and when the weather was good. If they were lucky, they reached their destination with just a few weeks of summer left. They had to plant crops and quickly find shelter.…
Early settlers like Daniel Boone traveled west by foot across the Appalachian Mountains and through the Cumberland Gap. As they entered what is now Kentucky, they found a lush paradise with grapevines, rich soil, forests, and plenty of animals to hunt. Word got out and soon hundreds of pioneers were…
Abraham Lincoln is considered one of America’s greatest presidents. He led the country through the Civil War and fought to end slavery. He grew up in Kentucky, the son of a farmer. His mother died when he was a little boy and his father remarried. Abe loved learning and…
By the time of the Civil War, more than 4 million slaves were living in America and all of them longed for freedom. The Underground Railroad wasn’t a real railroad, but a system of roads and safe houses that black people traveled on their way to Canada or New England.…
Slaves had no control over their own lives — their work, their homes, their health, even their families —were controlled by slave owners. But the slave owners couldn’t control their feelings or their thoughts. And sometimes those feelings and thoughts led to desperate or creative acts. Like when Henry Brown…
After the war, African-Americans were excited to start their new lives. Actually doing it was harder than they expected. First, many white people carried racist attitudes and refused to change. They wouldn’t give African-Americans jobs and sometimes actively hurt or even killed them. And, African-Americans lacked education and skills. They…
The years after the Civil War were hard ones for freed slaves. Just because a law said they were free did not mean people instantly embraced or accepted them. They couldn’t get jobs or an education and worse, their very safety was often in danger. Booker T. Washington had been…
