Railroads

_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.

• Vigilantes
• Boom towns
• Nitro-glycerin
• Comstock Lode

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

• Quanah Parker
• Bose Ikard
• James Hogg
• Charles Goodnight

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

• Railroads brought very few people to Texas.
• The trains were made to transport people only.
• The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.
• A way to transport good to market

* I was the last Comanche Chief*I was a son of a captured American women named Cynthia Ann

• Lone Wolf
• Big Bear
• Quanah Parker
• Peta Nocona

What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?

• Cities grew with railroad expansion
• American Indians removed to reservations
• Cotton became the number one industry in Texas
• Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

What town did both parts of the railroad meet in?

• Promontory, UT
• New York, NY
• San Francisco, CA
• Omaha, NB

How did the spread of railroads across Texas effect the overall economy of Texas?

• railroads improved the efficiency of ALL areas of the Texas economy
• railroad breakdowns and other issues slowed the Texas economy
• the railroad industry was too expensive and  collapsed in just a few short years
• railroads had no effect on the economy of Texas

Which of these is a challenge faced by the Union Pacific railroad?

• it had to build through the Sierra Nevada mountains
• conflict with Native Americans
• problems with the Chinese Americans
• the government di dnot want the Union Pacific to build a railroad