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WorksheetsRailroads and Industry
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Texas state government promoted the construction of _____ by providing land grants of more than 30 million acres to developers.
a)
farms
b)
homesteads
c)
the telephone
d)
railroads
2.
By the end of the 1800s, there were two _____ that ran through Texas.
a)
transcontinental railways
b)
freeways
c)
telephone lines
d)
rivers
3.
Transportation in Texas cities was greatly helped in the late 1800s by the introduction of _____.
a)
the automobile
b)
mules
c)
wagons
d)
streetcars
4.
It wasn't until the 1920s, when _____ ownership spread, that roads in Texas significantly improved.
a)
automobile
b)
mules
c)
wagons
d)
streetcars
5.
With the development of refrigerated railroad cars, the _____ industry in Texas grew rapidly.
a)
meatpacking
b)
cotton
c)
lumber
d)
mining
6.
By the end of the 1800s, the _____ industry was the second largest industry in Texas.
a)
meatpacking
b)
cottonseed
c)
lumber
d)
mining
7.
In the early days of telephones, phone lines were connected by operators working at central ____.
a)
switchboards
b)
control centers
c)
switchbacks
d)
depots
8.
In 1878, Colonel A.H. Belo, publisher of the Galveston News, became the owner of the first _____ in Texas.
a)
automobile
b)
mule
c)
telephone
d)
streetcar
9.
By 1900, the _____ industry was the state's leading industry.
a)
meatpacking
b)
cotton
c)
lumber
d)
mining
10.
In a _____, the company owned most of the workers' homes and the stores where they shopped.
a)
ghost town
b)
ghetto
c)
tenant town
d)
company town
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