New ways to travel lesson part 2

New ways to travel lesson part 2

Railroads

• First steam locomotive was built in 1804

• These are trains that run with steam

• Over the next 10 years, these became more powerful and could go long distances

• As a result, people started planning railroads

Multiple Choice

Steam locomotives are trains that run with steam engines

• True

• False

The Transcontinental Railroad

• In 1863, two companies began building a railroad line across America

• One company began east of the Mississippi River and the other near the west coast

• On May 10, 1869, the two lines met in Promontory, Utah

• This new railroad was call the transcontinental railroad

• Transcontinental means across the continent

Multiple Choice

What does the word transcontinental mean?

• Across the street

• Across the continent

• Across the room

Highways cross the nation

• Many new roads were added in the US in the 1800s

• These roads made travel easier

• A toll is money that is paid for using a road

• Tolls helped pay for building and fixing roads

• Roads became used less once railroads were built but became popular again once people started driving cars

• A huge highway system was built in the 1900s and people could finally easily travel across the United States

Multiple Choice

What are tolls?

• Money paid to help build and fix roads

• Something that causes a traffic jam

• Money your mom gives you to go shopping at the mall

Airplanes

• Transportation continued to improve in the 1900s

• The Wright Brothers began building airplanes

• In 1903 their first airplane stayed in the air for 12 seconds

• People could now fly and traveling by air became more popular

• Planes continued to get larger and more powerful

Multiple Choice

Who were the two brothers that began building airplanes?

• The Wrong brothers

• The Sleepy brothers

• The Wright Brothers