The Railroad Network

By 1900, 40 percent of Americans lived in towns and cities.

• true

• false

Railroad trips took less time before the standard gauge was created.

• true

• false

The standard gauge allowed trains from different companies to fit on each other's tracks.

• true

• false

Early railroad tracks has been built for local use, not national use.

• true

• false

Railroads moved finished products, like clothes...

• to factories

• to markets

• to people's homes

• all over the country

Railroads moved raw materials...

• to factories

• to markets

• to people's homes

• all over the country

Where were most railroad track in the United States located before the Civil War?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The railroad helped change the United States into a mostly ________________ country.

• agricultural

• industrial

• rural

• city

Without a standard gauge....

• trains from other companies didn't fit on the tracks together

• passengers and goods has to unloaded and reloaded

• trips took much longer

• all are correct

As the United States became more industrial, the need for better _________________ grew.

• crops

• transportation

• internet

• friends