Industrial History

How should Pennsylvania industrial history be understood?

• Pennsylvania’s colonial history can be explained without considering Indigenous peoples.
• Pennsylvania’s coalfields and transport networks were major foundations of its 19th-century industrial expansion.
• Pennsylvania’s industrial growth happened without major transportation or migration changes.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.

Which explanation best fits Pennsylvania industrial history?

• Pennsylvania’s industrial growth happened without major transportation or migration changes.
• Pennsylvania’s colonial history can be explained without considering Indigenous peoples.
• Railroads and canals linked Pennsylvania’s resource regions with cities and markets.
• Valley Forge was only a battlefield and had no connection to military training.

Which conclusion about Pennsylvania industrial history is supported?

• Immigration and migration were closely tied to Pennsylvania’s industrial growth.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.
• Pennsylvania became a state before the U.S. Constitution was written.
• Philadelphia had little political or economic importance in British North America.