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Eberhard

Gr. 5 SS Ch. 3 L1

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Why was railroad travel out west better than traveling by wagon train? Traveling by train was faster, easier, and safer than traveling by wagon train.
How did the railroad help farmers in the West? Farmers could use the railroad to ship their crops to markets in the East.
How did the railroad help cities in the East grow? Cities grew because farm products were sent by railroad to the processing centers in the cities.
What city was an important processing center? Chicago, Illinois, was an important processing center for cattle and other farm products.
How did processing plants hurt the natural environment? Smoke from the factories polluted the air and waste from the processing centers polluted the water.
Name three ways that the transcontinental railroad helped settle the West. It provided a better way to travel, it attracted new immigrant settlers, and it provided a way for western farms to transport their products to market.
What is a processing center? A processing center is a business, usually in a large city, where cattle, sheep, or crops are taken to be turned into meat or food products
Why did some new settlers continue to travel by covered wagon after the transcontinental railroad was built? New immigrants and poor farmers could not afford to travel by train.
How did the transcontinental railroad help trade and economic growth in the United States? Western farmers now had a way to send their crops to market, which helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities back East.
What were two ways that using coal for the train engines hurt the natural environment? Coal for the engines was mined which damaged the environment. When it was burned, it caused air pollution.
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