Chapter 5: Pa's Early Industrial Growth and Development

What major obstacle slowed the early development of Pennsylvania?

• poor roads

• boats could only travel downstream

• physical geography

• demand for workers

What mountain range hindered Pennsylvania's early industrial development?

• Rocky Mountains

• Allegheny Mountains

• Smoky Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains

What early vehicle was strong enough to carry supplies and trade goods, called freight, to pioneers who settled Pennsylvania's frontier?

• Conestoga Wagon

• Ferry

• Turnpike

• Canal

The production and sale of a good or service for profit?

• communism

• tollgate

• freight

• industry

An expressway on which tolls are paid.

• tollgate

• turnpike

• poll booth

• manufacture

What technological innovation replaced the Conestoga Wagon as a more efficient means of moving people and goods?

• ferry

• horses

• canal system

• walking

Waterway dug through the earth to connect rivers and lakes?

• ferry

• canal

• aqueduct

• irrigation

How much did it cost the government to build the canals from 1828-1858 and almost bankrupted Pennsylvania?

• $500,000

• $100,000

• $250,000

• $100,000,000

Special water bridges.

• solar panels

• turbine

• aqueducts

• wind mills

What were used to raise and lower boats from one canal to another?

• locks

• lift gate

• horses

• elevator