Pennsylvania and the New Country
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- What meeting was held at the State House in Philadelphia in 1787?
- The Constitutional Convention
- A country's plan of government
- Constitution
- Representatives
- Delegates
- Where did Washington stay while attending the Constitutional Convention?
- At the home of Robert Morris
- Who was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention?
- Benjamin Franklin
- Who held parties to make the delegates happy and more comfortable?
- Eliza Powel
- Who is believed to be the author of the Constitution?
- Gouverneur Morris
- When did the delegates sign the Constitution?
- September 17, 1787
- Where was the nation's new capital built in 1800?
- Washington, D.C.
- How was Philadelphia honored in 1790?
- Our country's capital was again located in Philadelphia.
- What do we call the Pennsylvania State House today?
- Independence Hall
- What is transportation?
- A way to move goods and people from one place to another.
- Who ran the first steamboat in Pennsylvania?
- John Fitch
- Who built the first steamship?
- Robert Fulton
- An inland waterway built for transportation is a _______.
- Canal
- How did canals improve transportation?
- They shortened travel time from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh from 23 days to 4 days.
- How were canal boats powered?
- They were pulled by mules or oxen.
- What was the first major road in the United States to be built with crushed stone?
- The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
- What was the first steam train to trabel on rails in the USA?
- the Stourbridge Lion
- Why were railroads important to the development of the US?
- They made journeys faster and created jobs for people.
- What caused canals to be used less, and even go out of business?
- Railroads
- Why did smoke hang over Pittsburgh?
- From the burning of coal in homes and factories
- All the businesses used to make one kind of goods is called an ___________.
- Industry
- Why did industries grow all over Pennsylvania after the American Revolution?
- Coal was plentiful and could be burned to power steam engines, which meant factories didn't have to be near water to run machinery.
- What two types of coal were found in Pennsylvania?
- Bituminous coal, (soft coal) and Anthracite coal (hard coal)
- What coal was found mostly in western PA?
- Bituminous coal
- What coal produces much smoke and can be heated to make a fuel called coke?
- Bituminous coal
- A gray-black solid fuel used to make iron
- Coke
- What coal was found mostly in eastern PA?
- Anthracite coal
- What coal makes a very hot fire when burned?
- Anthracite coal
- What was coal called because it was so valuable in PA?
- black diamonds
- Who found a way to change oil so it could be used to light lamps?
- Samuel Kier
- Who discovered oil near Titusville?
- Edwin Drake
- Towns that grow quickly
- Boom Towns
- Word to describe items made from thread or yarn
- Textile
- Philadelphia was a leader in what two industries?
- textiles and shipbuilding
- Why did PA's population triple between 1820 and 1860?
- Immigrants came for jobs in the growing industries of PA
- The number of people who live in a place or area
- Population
- Special diagrams that show a lot of information in a clear way
- Graphs
- A graph that shows how the parts of something make up or fit into the whole
- Circle Graph
- Graph that shows how a piece of information changes with time. Shows an increase or decrease in number
- Line Graph
- What allowed farmers to switch from subsistence farming to growing cash crops?
- New forms of transportation and better tools
- A crop that is grown to be sold for money
- Cash crop
- How were many PA crops moved east?
- On canals and railroads
- A method of farming where a different crop is planted in the same soil each year
- Crop Rotation
- Why do farmers use crop rotation?
- It keeps the soil healthy.
- What caused life to be better for PA farmers ?
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Changes in transportation
Changes in farming methods
New machinery - What did Robert and Joseph Smith invent?
- the iron plow
- What did Cyrus McCormick invent?
- A mechanical horse-drawn reaper used to harvest grain
- A highway on which travelers have to pay a fee
- Turnpike