PBS KIDS GO! Home
A Day in the LifeKids' Bill of RightsPhoto GalleryTake Action


A Day In The Life Header
Irish Immigrant Boy c) No
Although public schools were in existence by the 1840s and 1850s in many places throughout the United States, the government did not yet require all children to attend. As a result many children who were working or needed at home did not go to school.

Try again.