Pennsylvania History
Across
- 3. Scottish immigrant who built a steel empire in Pittsburgh and became one of America's wealthiest people
- 6. Pennsylvania's nickname, named for the central stone that holds an arch together
- 7. Andrew Carnegie's Pittsburgh-based operation that out-produced all of Great Britain by the late 1800s
- 8. City Penn founded in 1682 whose name means brotherly love in Greek
- 10. Western Pennsylvania city devastated by a catastrophic dam failure in 1889
- 12. Valley in McKean County central to Seneca territory, and later home to a record-breaking railroad bridge
- 13. Pennsylvania's capital city, located in the south-central part of the state
- 16. President who delivered a two-minute speech at a Pennsylvania military cemetery in 1863
- 17. McKean County oil field that once produced roughly three-quarters of the world's oil supply
- 21. The longest river in Pennsylvania, running through much of the state
- 23. Southeastern Pennsylvania county home to the largest Amish population in the United States
- 24. Colony granted to William Penn in 1681; the name means Penn's Woods in Latin
- 25. The westernmost nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, known as Keepers of the Western Door
- 26. Hard coal found in northeastern Pennsylvania that helped fuel the nation's industrial revolution
- 29. Rockefeller's company that moved aggressively into the Bradford oil fields
- 31. The 1737 land fraud that displaced the Lenape using hired runners instead of walkers
- 32. Movement of African Americans from the South to northern industrial cities in the 20th century
Down
- 1. Network of routes and safe houses that guided freedom seekers north through Pennsylvania
- 2. Northwestern Pennsylvania town where the world's first commercial oil well was drilled in 1859
- 4. Native people also known as the Delaware, who lived in eastern Pennsylvania
- 5. The Iroquois Confederacy's name for themselves, meaning People of the Longhouse
- 9. Informal nickname for the rural stretch of Pennsylvania between its two major cities
- 11. Place in southeastern Pennsylvania where Washington's army survived a brutal winter in 1777-1778
- 13. Site of the violent 1892 confrontation between Carnegie's steel workers and Pinkerton agents
- 14. County seat of McKean County, founded in 1820 and later a global oil boomtown
- 15. Organizations workers formed to fight for better wages and safer conditions
- 18. Religious community with the largest U.S. population concentrated in Lancaster County
- 19. Native group that dominated the river valley bearing their name and built a vast trading network
- 20. Railroad bridge completed in 1882 that was once the highest in the world, now a state park overlook
- 22. County in northern Pennsylvania, home to Bradford, the Kinzua valley, and a historic oil boom
- 24. City that grew up around Fort Pitt at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
- 27. River running through McKean County and much of western Pennsylvania
- 28. Southern Pennsylvania town where the war's bloodiest and most decisive battle was fought in 1863
- 30. Common name for the Society of Friends, the religious group William Penn belonged to