4th Grade Social Studies
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| Civil War | a war fought between people of the same country
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| slavery | people working for other people without pay
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| industrialist | people who start new industries
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| steel | a strong metal product made by blasting cold air through melted iron
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| aluminium | light weight metal products made from bauxite ore
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| oil refining | processes in which oil is made into other products such as fuel
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| air brakes | allowed one man to stop an entire train
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| unions | a group of people who gather to improve their pay and working conditions
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| strike | when workers who belong to a union agree to stop working
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| disaster | when something happens that causes great destruction and distress
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| Who fought in the American Civil War | The Northern States and the Southern States
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| What were the Northern States fighting for? | Freedom of all people
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| What were the Southern States fighting for? | The right to keep slaves
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| Who was the only elected president from Pennsylvania? | James Buchanan
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| Name 3 northern states | PA, NY, NJ, CT, MI, MA
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| Name 3 Southern states | FL, GA, VA, NC, SC,
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| Who helped free the slaves? | Lucretia Mott, Harriet Tubman
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| What PA resources were needed during the Civil War? | railroads and farming
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| what is the nickname of the Battle of Gettysburg? | The Bloodiest Battle
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| How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last? | 3 days in July 1863
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| Who won the Battle of Gettysburg? | The North - it was the turning point of the war
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| What speech did President Lincoln give at Gettysburg? | The Gettysburg Address
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| What was the Underground Railroad? | a network of houses, families, hiding places, escape roads who helped slaves escape to northern states or Canada
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| When did the Industrial Revolution begin in PA | the time of the American Civil War
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| What was the Industrial Revolution in PA called | The Age of Big Business
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| Which PA city was the steel producing capital of the world? | Pittsburgh
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| William Kelly and Henry Bessemer are credited with inventing what process? | turning iron to steel
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| How did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune? | He built steel factories
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| How did Henry Clay Frick become a business partner of Carnegie? | He owned coke factories. Coke fueled the steel mills
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| What is coke | a cheap fuel made from soft coal
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| Who was the King of Oil? | John D. Rockefeller
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| Charles Hall invented a newer cheaper way to make what metal product | aluminum
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| What did George Westinghouse invent to make trains safer? | air brakes
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| During the Age of Big Business which industries were based in Pittsburgh | Steel, Coke, Aluminum, Glass, oil refining
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| Name 3 problems with working conditions | dirty, dangerous, low pay, long shifts, 7 days per week, high food prices
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| From where did immigrants come to PA? | Europe and African Americans from our southern states
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| Heinz | canned and jarred food - Pittsburgh
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| Woolworth | 5 & dime stores
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| Wanamaker | Department stores
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| Green | ice cream soda
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| Clara Barton | founder of Red Cross
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| Rockefeller | oil refining
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| Carnegie | Steel production
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| Frick | Coke factories
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| Hall | Aluminum
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| Westinghouse | Air brakes and safety lights for trains
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| Kelly and Bessemer | process of making steel
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