Chapter 8 Lesson 2: The Texas Railroad Boom

By 1890, Texas had more than ________ miles of railroad track.

• 400

• 1860

• 8,000

• 800,000

What group of people were negatively affected by the railroads?

• American Indians

• Mexicans

• Americans

• Texans

A train steam engine is also called a ______________.

• boom

• locomotive

• junction

• consumer

________________ was a busy port city. Ships from all over the world unloaded goods there.

• Houston

• Austin

• Port Aransas

• Galveston

A ____________ is when two or more rail lines meet.

• boom

• locomotive

• junction

• demand

Which Texas city had the highest population in the year 1900?

• Dallas

• Galveston

• San Antonio

• Houston

The benefit of a free enterprise system is that it helps both ________________ and __________________.

• supply and demand

• predators and prey

• producers and consumers

• teachers and students

_____________ is the number of items that producers offer for sale.

• supply

• demand

• free enterprise

• consumers

____________ is the number of items that consumers are willing to buy.

• supply

• demand

• free enterprise

• producers

Free enterprise also leads to new ________________.

• supply

• demand

• technology

• producers