Week 23 Articles 1-4

What was the greatest challenge settlers faced?

• coastal shipping

• tremendous heat

• few entrepreneurs

• lack of transportation

What is one reason the railroad grew slowly?

• herds of cattle blocking the tracks

• competition from the steamboat industry

• loaning money to a frontier state was risky

• no one traveled outside of the Houston area

How many miles of tracks were laid by 1861? ​ ​ (a)  

• 470
• 100
• 280
• 350

Before railroads, goods were usually transported across Texas using ​ (a)  

• wagons
• backpacks
• mules
• steamships

The first successful railroad tracks were laid between the cities of ​ (a)   and ​ ​ (b)  

• Harrisburg
• Stafford's Point
• Houston
• Cyprus

What was the first major change in Texas as a result of the railroad?

• more business

• population growth

• larger cattle herds

• none of these

What terms means people or businesses depend on each other?

• bankruptcy

• competition

• entrepreneur

• interdependence

How much did top industries earn by the 1900s?

• $30 million

• $60 million

• $90 million

• $120 million

What job became outdated because of the railroads?

• banking

• gardening

• cattle drive

• sheep ranching

What was a junction?

• a place where two rivers connected

• a town that had two or more rail lines

• a place where two roads connected

• a town that had more than one cattle trail