Railroads and Industry

The Texas state government promoted the construction of _____ by providing land grants of more than 30 million acres to developers.

• farms 
• homesteads 
• the telephone 
• railroads

By the end of the 1800s, there were two _____ that ran through Texas.

• transcontinental railways
• freeways
• telephone lines
• rivers

Transportation in Texas cities was greatly helped in the late 1800s by the introduction of _____.

• the automobile
• mules
• wagons
• streetcars

It wasn't until the 1920s, when _____ ownership spread, that roads in Texas significantly improved.

• automobile
• mules
• wagons
• streetcars

With the development of refrigerated railroad cars, the _____ industry in Texas grew rapidly.

• meatpacking
• cotton
• lumber
• mining

By the end of the 1800s, the _____ industry was the second largest industry in Texas.

• meatpacking
• cottonseed
• lumber
• mining

In the early days of telephones, phone lines were connected by operators working at central ____.

• switchboards
• control centers
• switchbacks
• depots

In 1878, Colonel A.H. Belo, publisher of the Galveston News, became the owner of the first _____ in Texas.

• automobile
• mule
• telephone
• streetcar

By 1900, the _____ industry was the state's leading industry.

• meatpacking 
• cotton
• lumber
• mining

In a _____, the company owned most of the workers' homes and the stores where they shopped.

• ghost town
• ghetto
• tenant town
• company town