Texas Railroad development

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?

• 100

• 280

• 350

• 470

How were goods usually transported across Texas before railroads?

• backpacks

• mules

• wagons

• steamships

Bewtween which two cities was the first successful track laid?

• Houston and Harrisburg

• Harrisburg and Stafford's Point

• Cypress and Houston

• Stafford's Point and Cypress

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

• more business

• larger cattle herds

• population growth

• lots of railroads yards

What term means people or businesses depend on each other?

• bankruptcy

• competition

• entrepreneur

• interdependence

How much did top industries earn by 1900?

• $30 million

• $60 million

• $90 million

• $120 million

What job became outdated because of the railroads?

• banking

• driving cattle

• gardening

• ranching sheep

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