Question

in the 1890s the first commercial automobiles began to arrive in sacramento. by 1905, twenty - seven automobiles were registered in sacramento county. by 1910, seven hundred more were registered, and by july 1911, in what can only be called \auto frenzy,\ sacramentans were buying seventy - five autos per day. automobiles alone could not make a significant difference for the growing network would be the completion of the yolo causeway in 1916. for the sacramento valley, airplanes and other airships including balloons were a novelty until 1917. with the nation gearing up for w.w.i, the government awarded a $3,000,000 contract to build \jn - 4\ (jenny) bi - wing military airplanes in north sacramento. for the rest of that century, sacramento would look to aviation as a vital source of economic sustenance. 9 as urban areas developed, streetcar systems evolved, first pulled by horses and later using electricity. for those in urban areas, that would ultimately evolve into an electric passenger railroad system, linking the bay area with sacramento and smaller valley communities all the way to chico. 10 the development of the sacramento region is so intertwined with transportation that the region’s history would be incomplete without serious attention given to the impact of wagon trains, steamboats, railroads, and automobiles. which statement best expresses the main idea of this passage? a native americans were important to the history of sacramento. b sacramento has been an important center for automobile sales. c for a city to grow, it must develop good highways and rail systems for transportation. d the development of sacramento has been intertwined with the development of its transportation systems.

Explanation:

The passage discusses how Sacramento's development is intertwined with various transportation systems (automobiles, streetcar systems, aviation, etc.). Option D states "The development of Sacramento has been intertwined with the development of its transportation systems", which matches the main idea. Option A focuses on Native Americans (not the main topic), B on automobile sales (too narrow), C on what a city needs (not the passage's focus).

Answer:

D. The development of Sacramento has been intertwined with the development of its transportation systems