What rights did women fight for in the 1800's? (They continued this fight into the 1900's, too!)
The right to vote and own property.
100
How did Pennsylvania get the nickname the "Keystone State"?
It was in the center of the 13 original colonies.
100
What is commerce?
The buying and selling of a large amount of goods.
100
What is land that belongs to a government but has no representation?
territory
100
Where was Pennsylvania's first, second, and third capital?
Philadelphia, Lancaster, Harrisburg
200
Why did many Irish people leave Ireland to come to the United States?
A disease had struck their potatoes; they were starving.
200
What happened as a result of the Treaty of Ghent? Who got what?
Both sides agreed to just go back to the way things were before the War of 1812.
200
Why was it necessary to move the location of Pennsylvania's capital?
More people were moving to the western part of Pennsylvania.
200
What words means to work together to come to an agreement?
negotiate
200
All Pennsylvania roads should be paved. Fact or opinion? How do you know?
Opinion; should
300
How did Pennsylvania workers respond to poor working conditions?
They demanded better working conditions and had strikes.
300
Why were canals built?
To connect rivers and waterways across the state.
300
How were goods produced before the Industrial Revolution? After?
By hand; by machine.
300
What is a toll?
People pay money to use something.
300
Canals were the best form of transporting goods in the 1800's. Fact or opinion? How can you tell? Change it.
Opinion. Ex. Canals were a form of transporting goods in the 1800's.
400
Name the two Pennsylvanian women who worked for women's rights and tell what they did to help the movement.
Lucretia Mott worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and had a large meeting in NY to discuss women's rights.
Jane Grey Swisshelm started a newspaper and had stories about women's rights. Lawmakers were persuaded to allow married women to own property.
400
Where did most of the battles of the War of 1812 take place?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes
400
How did the Industrial Revolution change people's lives in Pennsylvania?
More people were taking jobs in factories instead of on farms; more goods were being produced more cheaply.
400
What happens when something is refined? Give an example of something that is refined.
Something is made better or more pure. Oil, gold, silver, etc.
400
Give a fact about Pennsylvania transportation today.
(Teacher accepts reasonable responses.)
500
Who said "We have met the enemy and they are ours," ?
Oliver Hazard Perry
500
Give the three major reasons for the War of 1812.
Both the US and Britain wanted land in Canada; the British captured US sailors off US ships; and the US believed that the British were helping American Indians fight settlers.
500
Why was improving transportation so important for Pennsylvania's economy?
Goods had to be shipped in order to sell them.
500
What is a strike? Why did workers have them?
A strike is when workers stop working in order to get better working conditions.
500
Compare and contrast Pennsylvania's transportation in the late 1700's to today. List at least one way they are alike and different.
Both time periods had roads; late 1700's roads were poor, today they are paved and it's easy to travel around the state.