Vocabulary
a government ban on trade with another country
embargo
In 1906, the Pennsylvania Capitol...located here...was completed.
Lancaster
This was the driving force of economic change around the world in the 1800s.
Industrial Revolution
Henry Clay Frick
Carnegie Steele
a widespread outbreak of disease
epidemic
Britain's practice of forcing Americans to serve in British army or navy
impressment
The First National Bank of America was located here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania's economy shifted from ____ to ____ during the 1800s.
agriculture to industry
Robert Fulton
the first profitable steam boat
tax on goods imported into a country
tariff
to choose to leave one place for another place
emigrate
Most immigrants to America today are from these two places.
Asia and Mexico
Edwin Drake was an innovator in this industry.
Oil
Alexander Hamilton
the National Bank
a group of people with common customs or culture
ethnic groups
building in which a legislature sits
capitol
The American victory at this place ended British expansion into the Northwest Territory.
Lake Erie
Altoona specializes in railroad ____
maintenance
Joseph Huston
Pennsylvania's current capitol
contagious, deadly disease carried by mosquitos
yellow fever
person who is involved in manufacturing
industrialist
President Thomas Jefferson issued an embargo that forbade Americans to trade with ...
any other country!
This reduced railroad travel between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to 15 hours in the mid 1850s
Horseshoe Curve
George Westinghouse
air brakes for trains
an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things
influx