Texas Railroad

What does urbanization mean?

• The increase of agricultural businesses in rural areas
• The system used to collect taxes from Texas residents
• The movement of population and jobs from rural farms to cities
• The migration from cities back to farmland

How did the railroad industry effect Texas population?

• Population decreased in the West
• Population increased in the West
• Population decreased in the East

• Population increased in the East

What is the relationship between the cattle industry and the railroad industry?

• There is no connection between the cattle industry and the railroad industry
• Cattle ranchers would set up their ranches along train stations
• Cattle ranchers would also invest in railroad companies
• The end destination of cattle trails was railroad stations that would take cattle to markets

Which of the following is not an effect of the railroad industry in Texas?

• Easier to ship goods across the state
• Encouraged government to buy pieces of land
• Helped the Texas government raise money
• Population of West Texas declined

Which of the following were the most important economic effects of oil, railroads, and cattle in Texas?

• There was no economic growth because Texas was already industrial
• Sparked the opening of many new businesses to support the industries and population
• Created a local democratic government to support the increase of population
• Allowed for cultural borrowing opportunities

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

What is industrialization?

• the building of factories next to large plantations

• the development of sharecropping on a large plantation

• the development of less agriculture and more manufacturing industries in an area

• the development of cattle ranching where railroads stop at the ranch

What new technology was fast and carried a lot of items at once?

• railroad

• cattle drives

• sharecropping

• fisheries

How did the fast train engines help boost Texas' economy?

• Quickly producing large amounts of cotton

• quickly carrying large amounts of people out of Texas

• quickly carrying large amounts of natural gas to the West

• quickly carrying a large amount of goods to markets in the East

During the 1850’s, railroads came to Texas, changing the way people

lived. _______________ could be transported more easily.

• Merchandise

• Stagecoach

• Trains

• Water