Railroads refer to a network of tracks with trains that transport goods or people from one place to another. They played a crucial role during the Industrial Revolution by facilitating faster movement across long distances.
Imagine railroads as your school's hallway system. Each classroom is like a city or town while hallways are like railway lines connecting them all together. Without these hallways (railways), moving between classrooms (cities/towns) would be much slower!
Steam Engine: An engine that uses steam pressure created by heated water to drive mechanical movement - used extensively in locomotives during the Industrial Revolution.
Transcontinental Railroad: A continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
Locomotive: A powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains.
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