Studies Weekly Quiz 26

There weren't many types of ________________ in early Texas. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• transportation

• grain

• water

• food

Railroad companies started laying tracks in the eastern United States in the early ______________. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• 1080

• 1800

• 1008

• 2020

By the 1850s, people began to see that _______________ were important to their future. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• cattle

• cars

• railroads

• airplanes

_____________ County in south Texas was the first to convince railroad companies to lay tracks through their communities. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• Upshur

• McLennon

• Bear

• Bexar

A ___________ is a period of time where something grows very quickly. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• boom

• explosion

• thrive

• increase

Some cities had two or more railroads running through them. These cities were known as ____________. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• palaces

• junctions

• western towns

• poor

Railroad companies helped ________________ companies get started. (Railroads Bring Boom to Texas).

• lumber

• grocery

• cotton

• factory

True or False: Dallas had a higher population than Galveston in 1880. (Population Changes in Texas During the Railroad Boom.)

• true

• false

True or False: El Paso had the lowest population in 1900. (Population Changes in Texas During the Railroad Boom.)

• true

• false

True or False: San Antonio had a population of 60,000 in 1900. (Population Changes in Texas During the Railroad Boom.)

• true

• false