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Nation's New Capitol
In June of 1800, the nation's capitol was moved from Philadelphia to the District of Columbia, otherise known as, Washington, D.C. The decision of the movement was made during July of 1790 as a compromise act. -
Fashion from early 1800s
Early 1800s -1810 mimicked classical Grecian drapery with its fluid lines. Dresses had high waist that defined the silhouette. Necklines were predominantly low. Sleeves could be either long or shot. Dresses generally opened in the front with pins or drawstrings. Simplicity was the desired look; white was the most popular color. Fabrics were lightweight and flowed. -
Music from early 1800s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkv35btR42I&index=3&list=PL030E35AFDDA580A7Chopin Barcarolle was a musician from the early romantic period his music was piano and was absolutely beautiful. -
Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher was the first American to design a program of exercises for American children, tried to get daily physical activity incorporated into schools. As director of the Hartford (Connecticut) Female Seminary beginning in 1824 and later, when she founded the Western Female Institute in Cincinnati in 1837, she introduced girl’s calisthenics. -
New years day tradition
President John Adams began a tradition of White House receptions on New Year's Day. Any citizen could stand on line, enter the mansion, and shake hands with the president. -
Presidential Election of 1801
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, is elected the president of the United States, along with Aaron Burr as the vice-president on Februrary 17th, 1801. Jefferson served two terms in office. 1801-1809. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and president (1892-1900) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded in 1869. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.She even took matters into her own hands in 1872 when she voted in the presidential election illegally. -
Dorothea Dix
An advocate of asylum, poorhouse and prison reform, she also helped alleviate Civil War misery as Superintendent of Female Nurses. Dix was merely 14 when she founded a school for little children. She taught, and also wrote learning materials for, her youthful charges over the next two decades. At one point, Dix crossed the Atlantic to England where she met advocates of better treatment for the insane. -
Lewis and Clark
The first American journey to cross what is now the western part of the United States. Starting the expedition in St. Louis, Lewis and Clark found route into what is now the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson ordered this expedition to find practible routes for commerce over seas. This expedition would not have been successful without a female Indian as their leader, Sacagawea. -
Black Marriage
New York was the first to recognize marriage within the African American community -
German Gymnastics
German gymnastics, developed by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, was based on the belief that healthy individuals protected and unified nations. Jahn's program included training on balance beams, ropes and ladders for climbing, high and broad jumping, horizontal and parallel bars, vault horses, wrestling rings, and a figure-eight shaped track. He founded his first turnplatz, or outdoor gymnasium near Berlin in 1811. Jahn and his German gymnastics program began the rise of nationalism. -
Swedish Gymnastics
Swedish gymnastics, developed by Per Henrik Ling, focused on rhythmic movement. It was largely utilized for military training because it stressed precision movements on command and posture correcting movemnet, in addition to allowing mass drills. Three other themes of Swedish Gymnastics included health, education, and aesthetics and was approptiate for women and men. Ling believed that weak or injured parts of the body could be restored to health through therapeutic movements he developed. -
Burning of the Capitol
During the War of 1812 between the US and Britain, English soldiers attacked Washington, D.C. The White House, the Capitol building, and other governmental buildings were set to fire. -
Charles Beck & Charles Follen arrived in the U.S.
Charles Beck and Charles Follen both studied under Jahn at his tunrplatz in Berlin. When they came to the United States, they brought German Gymnastics with them. Charles Follen taught German Gymnastics to students at Harvard College, while Charles Beck founded the Round Hill School where he taught German Gymnastics. It was the first gymnasium i the United States. -
Missouri Compromise
In order to keep the balance of power within Congress between slave states and free states, Missouri was entered as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This was in the heat of pro verse anti slavery, which later divded the United States into two unions. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
The first woman physician in the U.S. (MD, Geneva College, 1849). She opened a slum infirmary and trained women in medicine.In 1851, she began to see women and children in her home. As she developed her practice, she also wrote lectures on health, which she published in 1852 as The Laws of Life; with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls. In 1875, Elizabeth Blackwell was appointed professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Children -
Harriet Tubman
Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and during the American Civil War, a Union spy. A “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, she led more than 300 slaves to freedom. She was known as "The Moses of Her People." Harriet also served Union forces in coastal South Carolina. -
Passing of Jefferson
1826 july 4th Jefferson passed away on the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of Independence -
First Dictionary Published
After 28 years of work, Noah Webster completes the first dictionary on April 14th, 1828. Webster was fluent in six languages, which helped build the meaning of each word included in the dictionary. -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson passes the Indian Removal Act which forced Native Americans settled in the eatern part of the U.S. to relocate to the western territory. Within this process, 50,000 Indians were forced to relocate and move thier families across the country. -
Fashion in the mid 1800s
Mid 1800s 1820-1830 clothes became more complex and increasingly structured. -
The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Red White and Blue Political Party
The first American political convention was held in Baltimore, Maryland by the Anti-Masonic Party. -
Calisthenics
Catherine Beecher became the first American to design exercise programs for American children. Strongly influenced by Swedish Gymnastics, calisthenics focused on promoting health, beauty, and strength for girls in America. Beecher tried to introduce her progam into American schoools with limited success. -
1st African American Preformer
William Henry Lane of New York City was the first acclaimed black dance performer -
Moby Dick
Herman Melville’s famous novel Moby Dick is published. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe published the famous Uncle Tom’s Cabin. -
Battle of the Systems
The Battle of the Systems began in 1855 and would continue unti the turn of the century. The battle of systems was a debate over which system would provide the best physical education program for the United States. Supporters of German, Swedish, and various American exercise systems vied for supporters and funding. -
Annie Oakley
Annie was gifted with uncanny marksmanship and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, she established herself as a famous western folk legend. Her timely rise to fame allowed her to become one of the first American women to be a "superstar".
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Lincoln Becomes President
Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States, whcih leads to the abolishment of slavery. -
South Carolina Seccession from the Union
With different opinions of abolishing slavery, South Carolina, who was pro slavery, seceeded themselves from the Union. This was the last event to foreshadow what was coming next.. The Civil War. -
Light Gymnastics
Dioclesian Lewis developed light gymnastics, or new gymnastics, borrowing from Beecher's calisthenic as well as Swedish Gymnastics. Lewis utilized bean bags, dumbbells, Indian Clubs, and wands. New gymnastics was adopted by Boston Elementary schools. Lewis founded the Normal School for Physical Education, the first school of its kind in the United States, to prepare teachers to instruct students in new gymnastics. -
Civil War
On April 12, 1861, the United States broke out into war against one another. The war was fought between the Confederates and the Union. The Civil War was the most violent war yet, killing over 600,000 soldiers. -
Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address while dedicating a military cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. -
The Western Health Reform Institute
This was the first health and fitness resort. It would come to be known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium, or "The San." Patients at The San were encourged to engage in exercise, proper diet, sunshine, rest, and other natural means. The San grew and developed under Dr. John Harvey Kellog's leadership and became a place people went to "learn to be well." By 1885 the Battle Creek Sanitariam was the largeset institute of its kind. -
Emily Greene Balch
Nobel Peace Prize winner, founder the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was an important woman advocate for peace during WWI and WWII. -
Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman ever elected to Congress. She was one of few congressional members to vote no on WWI and WWII. Rankin became the first woman to speak before the Montana legislature. -
Helen Keller
Deafened and blinded by a childhood disease, she overcame her disabilities, then worked for the blind and numerous progressive causes. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. Keller was the author of numerous books and spent much of her life raising money to help people who also were deaf and blind. -
Swedish Health Institute of Washington D.C.
Hartvig Nissen, opened the Swedish Health Institute of Washington D.C. in 1883. This was the first time Americans were introduced to the complete system of Sweish Gymnastics, rather than systems influenced by it.
