Tycoons
This tycoon helped extend railroads through the southeast.
Henry Plant
Grueling
A record 21,052km of new railway lines are completed.
1887
Who is the author
Michael Sandler
Most of the workers are ....
Chinese
Played an important role in helping Floridians ship goods to other parts of the country.
Flagler and Plant
wealthy powerful business leaders.
Tycoons
Two rail lines meet in Promontory.
1869
What is the author's purpose for writing this text?
To inform.
What was the incentive if they work quickly?
more pay
Started a ferry business as a teenager.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Something that motivates someone to act.
Incentive
Tom Thumb, a steam locomotive, races a horse-drawn railroad car.
1830
How many tycoons are talked about in this text?
4
What is the cousins name?
Yanfeng
Helped develop the western railway network.
Jay Gould
across a whole continent.
Transcontinental
North America becomes the first continent to be joined by coast-to-coast rail.
1869
Money that the government allows business men to borrow.
Government loans
What let them know that the work would be grueling?
The workers supper.
Controlled more than 12,875 kilometers of track.
Jay Gould
to gather, collect, or accumulate a large amount of something.
Private travel by car begins to reduce reliance on passenger train travel.
1930
Few
Railroad tycoons are the _______ men in the world.
riches