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Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.
W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.
Trains made circuses more profitable.
Elephants travel on a circus train too.
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Circuses grew larger by making more money.
Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.
Circuses made more money using trains.
W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
P.T. Barnum was a magnificent showman.
Small towns are not a great place to bring your circus.
Moving a circus to another town is fast and easy.
Circuses grew larger because of trains.
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TGV is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'
April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.
TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.
TGV trains have set many speed records.
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TGV are the fastest trains in the world.
TGV are French passenger trains.
Electricity powers TGV trains.
Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.
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Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.
A TGV test train reached speeds of up to 357.2 MPH.
The French have no translation for the phrase 'Holy Cow.'
The TGV, a French passenger train, is the fastest in the world.
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Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.
Cows used to graze on the open range.
Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.
The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.
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Cowboys brought cows to train stations.
Trains brought cows to the East.
Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.
Easterners paid high prices for beef.
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Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.
Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.
Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.
Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.
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Auto companies tried to destroy the public tram system.
Trams require electric tracks and cables to run.
Busses can drive anywhere but a tram has to stay on a track.
Labor strikes helped to end the public tram system.
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Trams used to be the main form of public transportation.
Car companies worked together to destroy the tram system.
The trams were replaced by busses.
The Great Depression was another reason the tram system ended.
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The bus system was a great improvement over the electric trolley system.
The Great Depression was a very hard time for most Americans.
Electric trolley cars were inconvient due to needing cables and tracks to run.
Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.
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