Pennsylvania History

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