Texas Railroad development

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Social Studies
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4th Grade
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JACQUELYNE HUELSTER
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What was the greatest challenge settlers faced?
Coastal Shipping
tremendous heat
few entrepreneurs
lack of transportation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is one reason the railroad grew slowly?
herds of cattle blocking the tracks
competition from the steamboat industry
loaning money to a frontier state was risky
no one traveled outside of the Houston area
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How many miles of tracks were laid by 1861?
100
280
350
470
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How were goods usually transported across Texas before railroads?
backpacks
mules
wagons
steamships
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Bewtween which two cities was the first successful track laid?
Houston and Harrisburg
Harrisburg and Stafford's Point
Cypress and Houston
Stafford's Point and Cypress
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What was the first major change in Texas as a result of the railroad?
more business
larger cattle herds
population growth
lots of railroads yards
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What term means people or businesses depend on each other?
bankruptcy
competition
entrepreneur
interdependence
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