Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania:

Senators: RGRAHAM F8 (R), COBER D3 (D)

Representatives: TKINFORD D1 (I), ZPIOTROWSKI D1 (R), MRAITH D1 (D), SDEBORD D7 (D), KKAINEC D7 (I), EOULTON D8 (I), AVELLA D8 (D)

( ZPiotrowski ) (ZPiotrowski ) ( ZPiotrowski ) 4. I t is the nation's leading energy producer going through a decline in coal. ( ZPiotrowski ) 5. States animal is White tail deer big popultion of deer. ( ZPiotrowski ) 4. Population is roughly 12,448,279. Population in 2000 was 12,281,052. Population of the USA is 304,059,724. (KKainec) 5. Pennslyvania's motto is Virtue, Liberty and Independence. 32nd in nation based on land amount. The lowest point in the state is the Delaware River ( KKainec) 6. State tree is the Hemlock. State bird is the Ruffed Grouse. State dog is the great dane. State animal is the white tail deer.(KKainec) 7. founded by Quakers. (SDebord) 8.keystone state. (SDebord) 9.There are 104 Democratic elections from the House Of Representatives in Pennsylvania against 98 Republican elections in 2008. (A Vella) 10.The large supply of coal in Pennsylvania attracted many people to come work in Pennsylvania in the early years which increased the population. Many residents not working in the coal mines voted against the law to mine but was over run by the large supply of workers that mined the coal. These workers are now a strong influence on the votes for Pennsylvania. (A Vella) 11.The casinos in Pennsylvania brought many people to come and work if they did not have a job. Many of these people that came thought differently about the gambling laws in Pennsylvania. They did not want to lose there jobs so they have a large influence on the gambling rights in Pennsylvania which is a huge profit for the state. (A Vella) 12.) Agriculture is pretty big in Pennsylvannia. It has around 55,000 working farms, 9,000,000 acres of farmland, and around $3,500,000,000 of farm product sales. (C-OBER) 13.) PA has a lot of State Parks. It has around 116 State Parks, and about 282,500 acres of National Park land. (C-OBER) 14.)PA has had many famous people make history in the state. Examples are Betsy Ross made the first American flag in PA, many famous colonial men ,such as Thomas Jefferson, signed the Decleration of Independence in Philidalphia, PA on July 4th, 1776, The Constiution was signed in Philidalphia, and Benjamin Franklin, a memeber of the Continental Congress, was from PA.(C-OBER) 15.) PA's strongest industries are steel, coal, and farming ( corn, soybeans, oats, mushrooms) (C-OBER) 16.) PA has had 3 diffrent Capital cities. It went from Philadelphia to Lancaster to Harrisburg. ( C-OBER) 17. PA has 19 representatives in the House of Reps, 12 Democrats. (MRAITH) 18. The largest city in PA is Philly; Capital is Harrisburg (MRAITH) 19. Is the 6th most populated state; 10th densist with 274.02 people/sq mi (MRAITH) 20. Is 2.7% water with 51 miles of coast line along Lake Erie (MRAITH) 21.Home of the first commercial oil rig/drill (MRAITH) 25. The most popular dog in Pennsylvania is the Great Dane. (Robert Graham) 26. The rank of Pennsylvania is 32nd is the Nation. (Robert Graham) 27. The lowest point in Pennsylvania is the Delaware River (Robert Graham) 28. Pennsylvania's state name meaning is "Penn's woods" named after Admiral Willia Penn's father. (E-OULTON) 29. The flag has a blue field which is the State Coat of Arms is embroidered. Draft horses on both sides of the coat arms and the American eagle rests on top of it. The scroll at the bottom reads Virtue, Liberty, and Independence ,whih is Pennsylvania's motto. The first state flag bearing the State Coat of Arms was authorized by the generalmbly in 1799. An act of the general assembly of June 13, 1907, standarized the flag and had the flag have the blue field backround to match the blue of "Old Glory." (Robert Graham) 30. Pennsylvania was the first to have a Hospital, Library, Zoo, Newspaper, Nation's Capitol, all motion-picture theater, television broadcast, radio broadcast, educational public-television station, paper mill, druggist, locomotive for railroad use, high-speed multi-lane highway - the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Banana Split, electronic computer built, commercial use of computer, cable television, educational public television station, government low-interest, and long term business financing program (E-OULTON) 31. The federal government spends **only 2.4%*** of the entire budget on education. (E-OULTON) 32. Lincoln's Gettysburg address was written in Pennsylvania. (E-OULTON) 33. Pennsylvania has sixty seven counties and one of the counties, Somerset County, was the site of the September 11, 2001 crash of Flight 93. (E-OULTON) 35. Pennsylvania has: 203 State Represenatives. 50 State Senators. 21 U.S. Represenatives. 2 U.S. Senators. (Robert gRAHAM) 36. Arlen spector is a the senior senator and of Penn. (SDeBord) 37.Arlen spector is a Democrat. (SDeBord) 38. Robert Casey jr. is a junior democratic senator for pa.(SDeBord)  1.Pennsylvania is also nicknamed the Keystone State because of the number of important American documents signed in the state such as the Declaration of independence. (TKinford)  2.A members of the House of Representatives earns around $158,000 and the speaker of the house earns around $200,000.The official spokespersons earn $175,000.  (TKinford)  3.Pennsylvania sends 19 representatives to the U.S. Congress So they get 21 state Electoral College votes. (TKinford) 4.There are 12 million residents in Pennsylvania and the state capital, Harrisburg, has about 50,000 residents.  (TKinford)  5.One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker //State// because in colonial times it was known officially as the Quaker province because so many Quaker lived there.  (TKinford) 39. There are 50 natural lakes and 2,500 man made lakes in Pennsylvania.(A Vella) 40. Steel, farming, and mining are the three largest industries in Pennsylvania. (A Vella)
 * 1.** Pennsylvania was first settled in 1643.
 * 2.** Pennsylvania's state flower is Mountain Luarel this flower is white and pink.
 * 3.** Pennsylvania has the area 45,888 square miles This state has mostly water.