Reading comprehension

Read the article about Route 66 on pages 27-31 of Go English No 92. The article contains a lot of years and numbers. Drag and drop the correct years or numbers below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences.
1999521980s101930s2,4481928198419901934tens of thousands192626401955five

  1. Route 66 was
    ______
    miles long and went between Chicago, Illinois, and Santa Monica, California.
  2. ______
    of families had to leave their homes in the
    ______
    , either because of the Great Depression or the Dust Bowl.
  3. After World War II, the number of cars in the US increased dramatically, from about
    ______
    million at the end of the war to more than
    ______
    million in
    ______
    .
  4. In
    ______
    , President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act.
  5. By the
    ______
    ,
    ______
    new interstates had replaced the old Route 66.
  6. In
    ______
    , the government bypassed the final section of Route 66, with Interstate
    ______
    .
  7. In
    ______
    , the United States Congress recognized that Route 66 had “become a symbol of the American people's heritage of travel and their legacy of seeking a better life”.
  8. Then, in
    ______
    , President Clinton signed a National Route 66 Preservation Bill.
  9. This provided $
    ______
    million for preserving and restoring the route’s historic characteristics.
  10. The Dixie Truck Stop opened in
    ______
    and the Kan-O-Tex Service Station opened in
    ______
    .

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