Chapter 6 Pretest: PA History

Front

What was the first federal funded road?

Back

National Road

Front

How did the first settlers travel in Pennsylvania?

Back

stagecoach or wagon

Front

What was the first turnpike in Pennsylvania?

Back

Lancaster Turnpike

Front

Who invented the first successful steamboat?

Back

John Fitch

Front

Who invented the wire cable?

Back

John Roebling

Front

Who built the steam engine Old Ironsides?

Back

Matthias Baldwin

Front

Why was the Allegheny Portage Railroad built?

Back

to allow canal boats to get over the Allegheny Mountain ridge

Front

Why did many people from Ireland immigrate to Pennsylvania?

Back

Potato Famine

Front

What resource in Pennsylvania was vital to the early days of the Industrial Revolution?

Back

coal

Front

Who drilled the first successful oil well?

Back

Edwin Drake