Vocabulary
Trains Reach Texas
Boom Times
Growing/Change
Remember Rules
100
A Time of Rapid Growth
What is Boom?
100
About how many miles of railroad track did Texas have in 1890?
more than 8,000 miles
100
What happened to the population in Texas between 1870 and 1900?
It more than doubled by growing from 80,000 to more than 2 million
100
In what part of Texas was the lumber industry a big contributor to the economy?
EAST TEXAS
100
How do we walk outside in the hall?
Quietly, one behind the other
200
A trainsteam engine
What is Locomotive?
200
Where did the railroad boom begin in Texas?
in port cities along the Gulf Coast
200
Why did the railroad companies want farmers to be successful? 
More money, shipping crops, railroads also made money by shipping supplies to farmers. 
200
What happened to lumber after it was loaded onto railroad cars?
The trains quickly carried the lumber to distant buyers
200
Should we be walking around the room?
NO WAY
300
where two or more rail lines meet
What is Junction?
300
After the boom began how did Texas grow?
Cities and towns were established along new railroad lines
300
Why were WELLS built across Texas?
Locomotives were steam powered, so they needed water.Water was needed from wells to power the locomotives.
300
With the growth of railroad in Texas what happened to ranchers?
Ranches became smaller and some were turned into farmland
300
When I want to ask a questions I should...
RAISE MY HAND
400
The number of items that producers have for sale
What is Supply
400
How many railroads lines did Texans have before 1870?
FIVE
400
Name one rule in order to be picked for Miss Jaramillo's pizza party
1. Behave

2. Be respectful


400
What is one way to NOT be invited to the pizza party?
Be rude

Fighting

Not doing homework

400
How should we treat each other?
With respect
500
the number of items that consumers or buyers are willing to buy at a certain price
What is Demand?
500
Texans could travel farther and quicker. Caused cities to grow. 
How did railroads change the lives of many Texans?
500
How do you spell your wonderful awesome teachers last Name?
J A R A M I L L O


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