Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Fun

The company hired to build the first transcontinental railroad was the

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Santa Fe Railroad
• Atchison & Topeka Railroad

Transcontinental railroads hired these two immigrant groups to do most of the construction. They were the

• Chinese & Italians
• Germans & Chinese
• Irish & Chinese
• Italians & Irish

Who investigated the practical use of electricity and invented a scientific light bulb?

• Frederick Taylor
• Andrew Carnegie
• Thomas Edison

_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.

• Vigilantes
• Boom towns
• Nitro-glycerin
• Comstock Lode

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

• Quanah Parker
• Bose Ikard
• James Hogg
• Charles Goodnight

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

• Railroads brought very few people to Texas.
• The trains were made to transport people only.
• The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.
• A way to transport good to market

* I was the last Comanche Chief*I was a son of a captured American women named Cynthia Ann

• Lone Wolf
• Big Bear
• Quanah Parker
• Peta Nocona

What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?

• Cities grew with railroad expansion
• American Indians removed to reservations
• Cotton became the number one industry in Texas
• Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Missouri Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

What developing mode of transportation made it easier for farmers to get produce to market in the late 1800s?

• Airplane

• Railroad

• Automobile

• Motorcycle