The Beginning
Who created a locomotive and named it "Tom Thumb"?
Peter Cooper
Why were trains better than steamboats?
Trains travel over land while steamboats of travel over water
Around 20mph
Why were railroads so dangerous?
Engineers went really fast to stay on time.
What did "Tom Thumb" race against?
A horse-drawn railcar
When were trains first created?
1850
What side of the US did railroads stretch across?
The East
What did railroads help?
Tie communities together
Who won the race?
When did trains first start to become popular?
1830
Trains were ____, but people still loved riding in them.
dangerous
As railroads were developed what happened?
Engineers and mechanics overcame tough challanges.
Where where trains first created
Great Brittan
How many miles of railroad tracks were there by 1860?
30,000 miles
What two points did trains help transfer goods to and from?
Farms to urban markets
Who helped build the railroads?
Native Americans, Free Black People, and White People