Summary Practice 1

W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.

Elephants travel on a circus train too.

Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.

Trains made circuses more profitable.

W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.

Circuses grew larger by making more money.

Circuses made more money using trains.

Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.

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.

TGV trains have set many speed records.

April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.

TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.

TGV is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'

Electricity powers TGV trains.

Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.

TGV are French passenger trains.

TGV are the fastest trains in the world.

A TGV test train reached speeds of up to 357.2 MPH.

The TGV, a French passenger train, is the fastest in the world.

Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.

The French have no translation for the phrase 'Holy Cow.'

The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.

Cows used to graze on the open range.

Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.

Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.

Trains brought cows to the East.

Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.

Cowboys brought cows to train stations.

Easterners paid high prices for beef.

Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.

Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.

Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.

Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.

Auto companies tried to destroy the public tram system.

Labor strikes helped to end 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.

Trams used to be the main form of public transportation.

The Great Depression was another reason the tram system ended.

The trams were replaced by busses.

Car companies worked together to destroy the tram 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.

The bus system was a great improvement over the electric trolley system.

Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.