首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from
Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from
admin
2012-08-25
33
问题
Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from inland communities to the nearest river town or seaport. Nearly all interstate commerce was carried out by sailing ships that served the bays and harbors of the seaboard. Yet, in 1790 the nation was on the threshold of a new era of road development. Unable to finance road construction, states turned for help to private companies, organized by merchants and land speculators who had a personal interest in improved communications with the interior. The pioneer in this move was the state of Pennsylvania, which chartered a company in 1792 to construct a turnpike, a road for the use of which a toll, or payment, is collected, from Philadelphia to Lancaster. The legislature gave the company the authority to erect tollgates at points along the road where payment would be collected, though it carefully regulated the rates. (The states had unquestioned authority to regulate private business in this period.)
The company built a gravel road within two years, and the success of the Lancaster Pike encouraged imitation. Northern states generally relied on private companies to build their toll roads, but Virginia constructed a network at public expense. Such was the road building fever that by 1810 New York alone had some 1,500 miles of turnpikes extending from the Atlantic to Lake Erie.
Transportation on these early turnpikes consisted of freight carrier wagons and passenger stagecoaches. The most common road freight carrier was the Conestoga wagon, a vehicle developed in the mid-eighteenth century by German immigrants in the area around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It featured large, broad wheels able to negotiate all but the deepest ruts and holes, and its round bottom prevented the freight from shifting on a hill. Covered with canvas and drawn by four to six horses, the Conestoga wagon rivaled the log cabin as the primary symbol of the frontier. Passengers traveled in a variety of stagecoaches, the most common of which had four benches, each holding three persons. It was only a platform on wheels, with no springs; slender poles held up the top, and leather curtains kept out dust and rain.
According to the passage, why did states want private companies to help with road building?
选项
A、The states could not afford to build roads themselves.
B、The states were not as well equipped as private companies.
C、Private companies could complete roads faster than the states.
D、Private companies had greater knowledge of the interior.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/guyO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
Completethesummarybelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxe
Choosethecorrectletter,A,B,CorD.Writethecorrectletterinboxonyouranswersheet.Whatisthemainideaofthepass
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswers
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage?Inboxes11-13onyouranswersheet,writeTRU
LookatthefollowingstatementsandthelistofOlympictorchesbelow.MatcheachstatementwiththecorrectOlympictorch,
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxesonyou
Completethesentencesbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTWOWORDSAND/ORANUMBERfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswers
【21】However,shepointsoutthatnativespeakerstudentswillusuallystoptalkingifyou______.
Studentsoncourseslastingoverayearareusuallygivenuntil______toleavethecountry.
basicneeds本题有关卫生城市的标准。meet与其后的allitsinhabitants连接,可推测意思为满足人们的需求。录音原文用定语从句的形式(itsinhabitants’basicneedsthat’s…)替换了题目中Aof
随机试题
氩气比空气轻,使用时易漂浮散失,因此焊接时必须加大氩气流量。
我国把“国民经济发展计划”改为“国民经济和社会发展计划”是在【】
循环超负荷的治疗是
以根皮人药的药材是
不能采用戊二醛消毒的是
下列各项,不属慢性支气管炎的中医病因是
[2006年第112题]关于建筑物航空障碍灯的颜色及装设位置的叙述,下列哪一个是错误的?
施工总承包管理模式与施工总承包模式相比,主要特点有()。
根据结算法律制度的规定,下列各项中,不可以办理现金支付的是()。
符号冲突是指在符号的传播过程中,“发讯人”和“收讯人”由于各自在思想、认识和世界观等方面的不同,对符号的使用和理解存在不同程度的差异,进而造成交流的矛盾或冲突。根据上述定义,下列选项属于符号冲突的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)