Booms
This big boom happened when a dark, greasy liquid oozed from the ground.
What is Oil?
This man opened up a chocolate factory in PA.
Who is Milton Hershey?
This is the city where steel was made.
What is Pittsburgh?
This was being polluted by burning coal in factories and in trains.
What is air?
This industry crossed the entire state to deliver items like coal, steel, and lumber.
What is the railroad?
This big boom happened in Western PA and things like bottles and windows were made from this.
What is Glass?
This man opened up a food factory in Pittsburgh. This food factory made things like ketchup.
Who is Henry J. Heinz?
This is the city where a chocolate factory was opened. It is still there today.
What is Hershey?
These began to disappear because the forests were destroyed. Examples: Mountain Lions, Beavers
What are animals?
These were formed because workers were being treated unfairly by their bosses.
What are labor unions?
This big boom happened because PA had a lot of trees. These trees were cut down and became____________.
What is Lumber?
This man started steel factories in Pittsburgh and became extremely wealthy. He gave a lot of his money to charity.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
These cities (in our area) is where coal mining companies opened. Give me one of the two cities.
What is Wilkes-Barre or Scranton?
This very important resource used for farming was washed away because of trees being cut down.
What is soil?
These people were allowed to work to help their families make money. They got paid much less than adults and worked in terrible conditions. Today their are laws to protect them from working.
Who are children?
This big boom happened in the city of Pittsburgh. A very hard material made out of iron ore was melted down and turned into _______________. Hint: It is the name of Pittsburgh's football team.
What is Steel?
He is the man that Andrew Carnegie left in charge of his Steel Company while he was in Europe. This man made many decisions that led "strike breakers" being brought in.
Who is Henry Frick?
This is the city where a major flood happened in 1889. It is one of the most famous floods in our state's history.
What is Johnstown?
These waterways were being polluted by all of the factories lined up on them.
What are rivers?
This man created a school for children without parents and children who come from poor families. The school is still there today.
Who is Milton Hershey?
This big boom happened all over PA, especially in the area where we now live. This dark. hard substance from mined from the ground.
What is coal?
This man was responsible for creating a pump that would bring oil up from underground.
Who is Edwin Drake?
This city was home to many textile (clothing) factories.
What is Philadelphia?
This natural disaster occurred in Johnstown and destroyed the town and killed many people.
What is a flood?
This item was used to put food in so that it can be preserved and shipped all over the country.
What are cans?