Characteristics of the Railroad Era

Characteristics of the Railroad Era

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of the Railroad was to ...

• expand business

• expand people

• build railroad companies

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Railroad Comanies were given ( blank) as an incentive to keep building tracks across Texas

• money

• more land

• respect

• power

Multiple Choice

(blank) is the state agency that regulates transportation, oil, and similar industries

• Texas Department of Transportation

• Texas Railroad Commission

• The Natural Resource Defense Council