Railroad Boom

What is paragraph 2 mainly about? (Railroads Steam Texas Into the Future)

• how scary the train is

• why Deborah felt excited today

• how long it had been since Deborah saw her grandparents

• why Deborah liked to be excited

What will Deborah probably do when she get to her grandparent's house? (Railroads Steam Texas into the Future)

• ask her mother to get stagecoach tickets home

• complain about how long the trip was

• get back on the train and return home at once

• tell everyone all about her train trip

Why had it been such a long time since Deborah had seen her grandparents? (Railroads Steam Texas into the Future)

• The journey to visit her grandparents was long and dangerous

• Daddy did not like to visit with relatives

• Deborah's sister was too young to make the trip

• Deborah's family didn't know exactly how to get to her grandparent's house.

Why were railroads needed in Texas in the 1800s? (Railroads bring Boom to Texas)

• The roads were nto big enough for al lthe wagons in the state

• There were problems with most other transportation methods

• It was too hot to travel any other way.

• There were no other methods of transportation at this time.

In paragraph 1 of the section "The Boom Begins" what does the word Boom mean? (Railroads Steam Texas into the Future)

• Time when railroad tracks are being laid

• new people in an area

• period of sudden growth

• change in culture

Why are many Texas towns about 30 miles apart today? (Railroads Steam Texas into the Future)

• Early businesses were only allowed to operate 30 miles apart

• The law are required junctions to be 30 miles apart

• Early towns were established so locomotive passengers could stop for food.

• Early communities sprang up where locomotives stopped for water

The reader can tell (Railroads Steam Texas into the Future)...

• there are no longer any railroad towns left in Texas

• there are many railroad towns still growing today

• railroad towns were only used for water stops

• new towns today are never placed 30 miles apart

From what the reader learns about immigrants from China which of the following would a Chinese immigrant probably do? (Chinese Immigrants-Building the Railroad Legacy)

• agree to work for a long time in exchange for a small amount of pay

• never celebrate the culture and customs from their homeland again

• disagree with railroad bosses about living conditions

• go immediately back to China

Why were railroads important important to early Texas businesses?

• clearing land for train tracks allowed farms to grow

• lots of people got jobs as train engineers

• Trains allowed people and goods to travel easily

• Trains and railroads were cheap to build