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| Answer |
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| Civil War |
a war fought between people of the same country |
| slavery |
people working for other people without pay |
| industrialist |
people who start new industries |
| steel |
a strong metal product made by blasting cold air through melted iron |
| aluminium |
light weight metal products made from bauxite ore |
| oil refining |
processes in which oil is made into other products such as fuel |
| air brakes |
allowed one man to stop an entire train |
| unions |
a group of people who gather to improve their pay and working conditions |
| strike |
when workers who belong to a union agree to stop working |
| disaster |
when something happens that causes great destruction and distress |
| Who fought in the American Civil War |
The Northern States and the Southern States |
| What were the Northern States fighting for? |
Freedom of all people |
| What were the Southern States fighting for? |
The right to keep slaves |
| Who was the only elected president from Pennsylvania? |
James Buchanan |
| Name 3 northern states |
PA, NY, NJ, CT, MI, MA |
| Name 3 Southern states |
FL, GA, VA, NC, SC, |
| Who helped free the slaves? |
Lucretia Mott, Harriet Tubman |
| What PA resources were needed during the Civil War? |
railroads and farming |
| what is the nickname of the Battle of Gettysburg? |
The Bloodiest Battle |
| How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last? |
3 days in July 1863 |
| Who won the Battle of Gettysburg? |
The North - it was the turning point of the war |
| What speech did President Lincoln give at Gettysburg? |
The Gettysburg Address |
| What was the Underground Railroad? |
a network of houses, families, hiding places, escape roads who helped slaves escape to northern states or Canada |
| When did the Industrial Revolution begin in PA |
the time of the American Civil War |
| What was the Industrial Revolution in PA called |
The Age of Big Business |
| Which PA city was the steel producing capital of the world? |
Pittsburgh |
| William Kelly and Henry Bessemer are credited with inventing what process? |
turning iron to steel |
| How did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune? |
He built steel factories |
| How did Henry Clay Frick become a business partner of Carnegie? |
He owned coke factories. Coke fueled the steel mills |
| What is coke |
a cheap fuel made from soft coal |
| Who was the King of Oil? |
John D. Rockefeller |
| Charles Hall invented a newer cheaper way to make what metal product |
aluminum |
| What did George Westinghouse invent to make trains safer? |
air brakes |
| During the Age of Big Business which industries were based in Pittsburgh |
Steel, Coke, Aluminum, Glass, oil refining |
| Name 3 problems with working conditions |
dirty, dangerous, low pay, long shifts, 7 days per week, high food prices |
| From where did immigrants come to PA? |
Europe and African Americans from our southern states |
| Heinz |
canned and jarred food - Pittsburgh |
| Woolworth |
5 & dime stores |
| Wanamaker |
Department stores |
| Green |
ice cream soda |
| Clara Barton |
founder of Red Cross |
| Rockefeller |
oil refining |
| Carnegie |
Steel production |
| Frick |
Coke factories |
| Hall |
Aluminum |
| Westinghouse |
Air brakes and safety lights for trains |
| Kelly and Bessemer |
process of making steel |
Beef Production
