What is the main idea of the passage? a. Despite a successful history, the United States Postal Service is in trouble and requires changes to save it. b. Congress should allow the United States Postal Service to discontinue service on Saturdays. c. Starting in 2007, a drop in demand changed the United States Postal Service forever. d. The United States Postal Service began in 1775 and was headed by Benjamin Franklin

Read this excerpt from a passage.     The Post Office Department served Americans until 1970, when it was reorganized as the United States Postal Service. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. For most of its 44-year history, the USPS turned a profit and was financially self-sufficient (Gattuso). Americans relied heavily on the USPS to send and receive invitations, birthday greetings, legal notices, bills, checks, and even love letters.     However, this all changed in 2007. Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Because of the rise of digital communication, Americans were simply no longer mailing cards, letters, flyers, invitations, announcements, bills, statements, and solicitations as they had in the past. The volume of U.S. mail peaked in 2006 at 213 billion pieces, but in 2007 the numbers quickly began to drop. Since 2007, the total volume of all mail has dropped 25 percent and since 2001 the volume of first-class mail has declined by nearly one-third ("Pieces of Mail"). What caused the rapid decline in the volume of first-class mail? In 2007, the economy went over a financial cliff and people stopped using the USPS. The ability to communicate digitally caused a change in people's behavior: they no longer had to send correspondence by mail. Americans decided that they relied too heavily on the USPS to send and receive correspondence, so they stopped using their services. The price of sending a piece of mail became too expensive for most Americans.

Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Although the sentence appears to be a fact, it also expresses the author's opinion. What is the author's opinion? a. It will take many years for the USPS to bounce back. b. Federal agencies go through many periods of ups and downs. c. The USPS will probably never recover from this loss. d. The USPS could become stable if Congress were to make changes

9)Before the 1847 introduction of the US postage stamp, the cost of postage was usually paid by the recipient of a letter rather than the sender, and recipients were not always able or willing to pay promptly. ______ collecting this fee could be slow and arduous, and heaps of unpaid-for, undeliverable mail piled up in post offices.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?STRPRAEN-009Regardless,On the contrary,Consequently,For example,

Read this passage:That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.The Declaration of IndependenceWhat is the main idea of this passage?A.Governments come in many different forms, and people have the right to decide which form works best for their needs.B.When a new government is set up, people must learn how to rule effectively by looking at the problems of the previous government.C.When a government starts denying people their rights, then the people can get rid of the government and start a new one.D.Governments will always try to take advantage of people if they do not keep watch over their rights.

How did the U.S. postal system compare to the systems of France and Britain in the 1830s?Multiple choice question.It was more extensive.It was the only true postal system of the three.It was less efficient.It handled more mail.