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The Story of the US Postal Service
The Story of the US Postal Service
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Reading Comprehension Postal Service History
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1
One can conclude the postal system was eager to try new forms of transport in the 20th century
to cut costs.
to increase the speed of delivery.
to establish post routes to the West Coast.
to automate mail sorting.
2
The seventeenth century, when the early postal system began, includes the years between
1800 - 1899
1700 - 1799
1600-1699
3
To speed overland mail delivery to the West Coast, a man designed a horse-relay network called
Wells Fargo.
the Pony Express.
air mail.
parcel post.
4
As it developed, the US Postal Service strove to provide
the least reliable service possible.
fast, efficient, and reliable service.
the least expensive service possible.
the fewest number of routes possible.
5
Choose the correct answer.
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
6
Compared with early postal systems in the colonies, the US Postal Service is
slower.
less efficient.
smaller in delivery area.
more highly structured.
7
One can conclude from the passage that mail service today relies on air service and
automated mail-processing machines.
fast horses.
an increasing number of employees.
the Pony Express.
8
To speed mail sorting in the twentieth century, the postal service began to use
zip codes and "high-tech" machines.
trucks.
stamps.
envelopes.
9
The growth of the nation's early postal system is largely the result of postmaster
Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin Post.
Henry Zip.
William Russel.
10
At the start of the colonial era, the postal system was
automated.
informal.
efficient.
widespread.
11
In the twentieth century, the postal system experimented with new forms of transport such as
motor vehicles and air service.
stagecoach and steamboat.
horseback and railroad.
electronic mail.
12
Mail sent from East to West Coast in the 19th century would probably
not
have been carried by
railroad.
horseback.
airplane.
foot.