Week 23-25

Question 0

What will Deborah probably do when she gets to her grandparents’ house?

Answer 0

tell everyone all about her train trip

Question 1

In “Railroads Steam Texas into the Future”, why was Deborah excited?

Answer 1

Because she was going to board a train for the first time and visit her grandparents.

Question 2

Why had it been such a long time since Deborah had seen her gradparents?

Answer 2

The journey to visit her grandparents was long and dangerous.

Question 3

Why were railroads needed in Texas in the 1800s?

Answer 3

There were problems with most other transportation methods.

Question 4

In “The Boom Begins” what does the word Boom mean?

Answer 4

period of sudden growth

Question 5

Why are many Texas towns about 30 miles apart?

Answer 5

Early communities sprang up where locomotives stopped for water.

Question 6

From what the reader learns about immigrants form China, which of the following would a Chinese immigrant probably do?

Answer 6

agree to work for a long time in exchange for a small amount of pay

Question 7

What was the reason many Chinese people immigrated to teh United States to work on railroads?

Answer 7

Most hoped to make money and return home to China.

Question 8

What is the most likely reason for the population change in Dallas between 1870 and 1900?

Answer 8

Rail roads brought more people to the area to live and work.

Question 9

In “Oil Blow’s Texas into the 20th Century” why is Nate allowed to go with Daddy to the drilling site?

Answer 9

Mr. Lucas wanted people to witness the discovery

Question 10

How does Nate feel right after the equipment is shot out of the hole and damaged?

Answer 10

Concerned

Question 11

What made a loud gunshot sound?

Answer 11

Oil coming up out of the ground.

Question 12

What is the meaning of rural?

Answer 12

countryside

Question 13

Why was there little need for oil in the 1800s?

Answer 13

Few machines which needed oil had been invented.

Question 14

Oil was sometimes found when water wells were dug because -

Answer 14

oil and water can both be found underground

Question 15

The reader can tell that Patillo Higgins

Answer 15

Never gave up

Question 16

Why is oil still important to the state of Texas?

Answer 16

Texas’ economy still depends on oil production and distribution.

Question 17

Patillo Higgins

Answer 17

Lost his arm
Studied by himself
Studied engineering
Discovered oil at Spindletop

Question 18

Captain Anthony F. Lucas

Answer 18

Served in the Navy
Attended college
Worked in a salt mine

Question 19

In “From Boom to Bust” why is Nancy’s mother crying?

Answer 19

The bank might be taking their house away.

Question 20

In “From Boom to Bust” Nancy’s dad lost his job when

Answer 20

the grocery store closed down.

Question 21

What is the meaning of depression?

Answer 21

Businesses were slowing down.

Question 22

Why did the 1920’s bring change for women?

Answer 22

Women were finally allowed to vote.

Question 23

Why was Henry Ford’s company able to make and sell so many cars?

Answer 23

The company used new ideas about how to make cars.

Question 24

What did division of labor do?

Answer 24

Improved how quickly products could be made.

Question 25

Cleto Rodriguez would have probably

Answer 25

volunteered to go on a dangerous mission

Question 26

How is Audie Murphy still remembered as a hero?

Answer 26

Audie’s birthday, June 20, is officially Audie Murphy Day each year in Texas.

Question 27

During WWII there were not enough men available to work in factories, what is a possible solution?

Answer 27

Women took the men’s places in factories during the war.