Henry Flager + The Key West Extension Railway

Henry Flager + The Key West Extension Railway

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Henry Morrison Flagler is best known for ...

• the development of Florida’s east coast.

• being the biggest grain typhoon.

• the Florida East Coast Railway from Daytona to Key West

• his contribution to Florida’s economy through tourism and agriculture.

Multiple Choice

How to Henry Flager acquire most of his wealth?

• He invested in the Standard Oil Company with his friend John D. Rockefeller.

• His friend John D. Rockefeller gave him the money as a loan.

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Why did Henry Flager and his family move to Florida?

• they wanted to visit the beaches.

• his wife's doctor suggested it.

• his wife's health was not good

• his son disliked snow and being cold.

Multiple Choice

Flagler’s second trip to Florida in 1882, he visited St. Augustine.

• True

• False

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Flager was charmed by the city and the weather in St. Augustine but was frustrated by ....

• the lack of beaches

• the lack of hotels

• the lack of transportation

• the amount of bugs

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Select three details that explain how Flager created the idea of building a railroad system?

• In 1885, he began construction on the 540-room Hotel Ponce de Leon hotel in St. Augustine.

• Realizing the need for transportation to his hotel ventures, Flagler began purchasing existing railroads.

• the lack of transportation

• the amount of bugs

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Select three details that support the authors claim

"Building The Florida East Coast Railway was a long and difficult task."

• "Almost 4,000 men built the railroad bridge in seven years."

• "They had to contend with mosquitoes, sand flies, and hurricanes."

• "Hundreds of workers died in the storms."

• "When he began his development on the east coast of Florida, it was largely an uninhabited frontier"

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The author provided the chart 'The Key West Extension Railway By the Numbers' to help the reader understand teh following...

• the cost of The East Coast Railway

• the location of the East Cost Railway.

• what it was like working on the East Coast Railway.

• how many people built the railway