Show:
The Beginning
Trains and Railroads
Why were they created
Facts
100

Who created a locomotive and named it "Tom Thumb"?

Peter Cooper

100

Why were trains better than steamboats?

Trains travel over land while steamboats of travel over water

100
How fast did trains go?

Around 20mph

100

Why were trains dangerous?

The engineers were trying to stay on time so they went fast

200

What did "Tom Thumb" race against?

A horse-drawn railcar

200

When were trains first created?

1850

200

What side of the US did railroads stretch across?

The East

200

Trains helped_______.

Tie communities together.
300

Who won the race?

Tom Thumb
300

When did trains first start to become popular?

1830

300

Railroads were the __________ people have ever experienced.

Fastest mode of transportation

300
As more trains were created, __________________.
Engineers and mechanics overcame many tough challenges.
400

Where where trains first created

Great Brittan

400

How many miles of railroad tracks were there by 1860?

30,000 miles

400

Who helped make the railroads?

Native Americans, Free Black People, and White People 

400

Even though railroads were dangerous why did people like riding on them?

Because they it was adventurous and exiting.