Sleeper history America

What's the experience of taking a train in America? We have been here by train for more than ten years, and our lives are often accompanied by travel.

From Canada to Mexico, from Hawaii to Alaska, our family traveled all over the vast and magnificent land of North America. But it is private cars, planes and ships that take us to see the world.

We have been in conflict with the main means of transportation in our motherland for a long time. The old iron dragon's dull thunder and lasting fatigue are just collected in memory.

Life is constantly changing. Unexpectedly, we had two experiences by train in America this summer, which was novel and pleasant.

In America, if you talk to your friends about going out by train, most people will think it is a new thing. Questions will follow: "Do we have a train here?" "Where does the train go?" "Is it comfortable to take the train?" "Is it expensive?" "Is it fast?" "Is it safe?" Wait, wait, wait.

Yes, it is said that America is a country on wheels. Every family has a car and every family drives a car.

About half of the families will have two or even three or four cars. I stepped on the accelerator and left.

Traveling on land is used to driving by yourself; Travel long distances or overseas by air; If you want to go overseas for romance during the holidays, you will choose a large luxury cruise ship. Who has been on the train? Moreover, the United States is a big information country.

But I, a travel fan who loves to turn over maps since I was a child, have never seen a map of American railway passenger transport. There are road maps and plane maps everywhere.

Trains and railways seem to have nothing to do with modern American life. The origin of this idea is that with the soaring oil price in recent years, people have been under heavy pressure to break through the $4/gallon mark (up to $5 in California and other places).

One by one, they are trying to find new ways and means of saving. Short-distance work in the city is changed to riding a bicycle and taking a bus; You can fly and take a greyhound on a long distance.

At this time, many people also thought of the train, the "old iron dragon" that swept the whole mainland a hundred years ago. It is said that although there are problems with time and speed, it is economical, safe, romantic and comfortable.

My husband and wife are in their fifties and sixties, and both are semi-retired. I have time and interest to see the current situation of American trains.

Take the train on the long weekend of Memorial Day in May. We open Amtrak's website and book tickets by credit card conveniently.

The fare is really not expensive. I am a member of AAA (American Automobile Association-).

Every driver can join and enjoy many travel benefits and concessions), and get a discount of 10%. The feeling of "American National Railway Passenger Transport Company"-after three days of boarding, we feel that the first advantage of taking the train is the convenience of boarding.

Most of the stations of American National Railway Passenger Transport Company are located in the city center. From home, you only need to take a bus to reach the railway station.

Save the trouble of asking friends to drive to the airport in the past. The American National Railway Passenger Station is really small, which can't be compared with the complicated airport or even the style of Greyhound Station.

It's just a big room, which is simply divided into a ticket gate, a waiting area and a bathroom, like a big one-room apartment. This may be a symbol of the long-term downturn in train passenger flow.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the train leaves from Denver in the east. Wow, it's still a double-layer iron dragon.

Two streamlined locomotives are connected in series (in order to have enough horsepower) to tow ten cars. The gray-white body with red and blue layered lines looks very dignified and dignified.

The car body is painted with the famous company logo, American National Railway Passenger Transport Company (American Track) and the name of the car, Zephyr, California. Zephyr means "west wind" in meteorology. I am a translator and immediately thought of translating it into California Fengshen.

This "Fengshen" is really awesome, because it is a super liner and it is definitely expensive. Sure enough, I took a cruise up and down and found that it had a full set of cars, sleepers, dining cars, luggage carts and even sightseeing bus.

As for toilets and drinking places, every road section has settings, and it really has everything. In the past, when taking a train in my motherland, the rule of thumb was to find a good seat quickly after getting on the train.

If there is still room for items in the overhead luggage rack, it is best to have a window view. That's for the long journey day and night.

But because there are too many people, sometimes they are unlucky and don't even have a seat. I have to stand until my destination. But is this today's train, too? The concept of crowding, which has been with me almost all my life, has vanished.

There are only twenty people in an energy-saving carriage that can accommodate 68 people. Mostly silver-haired old people and children.

I don't want to drive or can't drive, so I like this safe and worry-free train. There are also a few young and middle-aged people who took a fancy to this relatively cheap way of traveling during the peak oil price.

The evaluation of American train passenger transport has been mixed. Opponents say it has three major shortcomings: fewer flights; There are frequent delays (because 40% of the roads are monorails, you need to give way.

Once the schedule is not good, it will be delayed); It still takes time (it hasn't accelerated for decades, 140 km/h ... naturally, it can't compare with the plane with a speed of 600 km/h or 700 km/h.

But people have different views. These shortcomings are mainly based on time considerations, which are insignificant for leisurely retirees.

American national railway passenger transport company spirit-people-oriented. Objectively speaking, taking a train in America is different. Almost all passengers will say that the greatest advantage of American trains is that they are highly humanized-comfortable and people-oriented.

Not to mention its own sleeper car, its most basic coach car is even better than the first class of the plane. It is located on the upper floor of the train.

The chair is spacious and soft, and the back of the chair can be adjusted to tilt backward by 40 degrees. The extended part of the chair has a leg rest, and the lower part behind the front seat has a leg rest that can bounce up. As soon as the backrest is put down and the two cushions are pulled, you can lie on your back and enjoy your dream trip.

There is a folding table in front of everyone, similar to an airplane. No matter eating, reading, writing, playing computer, you can do whatever you want. Overhead, there are special adjustment lights similar to those on airplanes.

Even on the wall at the bottom of the window, there is a power socket in each row, which allows you to charge and use electricity.

1935 historical background of the United States The United States has just experienced an economic crisis that originated in the United States between 1929 and 1933.

1932, franklin roosevelt was elected president. He advocated that the government take action to end the economic panic, and then launched a series of policies to temporarily solve and alleviate many difficulties, such as the "New Deal" in which the state extensively intervened and regulated the economy, rectified finance, revived industry and agriculture, and organized relief undertakings, which saved the serious economic crisis in the United States and strengthened state monopoly capitalism.

1933165438+10 In October, the United States established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and adopted a "good neighbor policy" toward Latin America. 1937 new economic crisis reappears. The following year, Roosevelt adopted the method of expanding deficit expenditure to alleviate the crisis; From the late autumn of 1938, the economy began to pick up again.

Extended data:

The United States, the full name of the United States of America, was originally a British colony, but gradually rose to become a powerful country due to various factors.

The original inhabitants of North America were Indians. 16-18th century, the western European countries that were conducting primitive accumulation of capital invaded North America one after another. By the middle of18th century, 13 colonies had been established along the Atlantic coast of North America, with relatively mature economy, culture and politics.

However, there was a rift between the colony and Britain, and Britain continued to adopt a high-handed policy toward North America, causing strong dissatisfaction among North American residents. From 1776 to 1783, thirteen states in North America won the War of Independence under the leadership of Washington. The United States was formally born, and successively formulated a series of laws on democratic politics. Gradually become a completely independent national sovereign country.

After independence, the United States actively expanded its territory, and its territory gradually expanded from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. Significant changes have taken place in the economy, and the north-south economy has developed in different directions. The contradiction between north and south is getting worse. From April 186 1 to April 1865, the war between the south and the north of the United States was also called the American civil war. In the end, the bourgeoisie led by the North won and unified the whole country.

1865, the reconstruction period began, and slavery was gradually abolished. 1877, democratic reconstruction was carried out in the south, and the democratic progress law was enacted, which marked the end of democratic reconstruction.

Later, the United States completed the industrial revolution and its economic strength increased greatly. Two world wars laid the foundation for the United States to dominate the capitalist world. After the cold war began, it and Soviet Union share the world.

Sogou encyclopedia-American history

The history of the United States The aborigines in North America are Indians and Inuit, and the history of the United States dates back to15th century.

1492 the navigator Columbus's "great geographical discovery" opened up a new activity place for the emerging bourgeoisie. Since then, European countries have been emigrating to the United States.

17-1In the first half of the 8th century, Britain established 13 British colonies along the Atlantic coast (the main part of American independence later). /kloc-in the middle of the 0/8th century, there was a rift between the British and American colonies.

1775 In April, the first shot of the American Revolutionary War was fired in Lexington, north of Boston. 1776 On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia, announcing the establishment of the United States of America.

1783 Britain and the United States signed a contract and the war of independence ended. The American people overthrew British colonial rule and established an independent bourgeois republic.

1789 The federal government of the United States was formally established. 186 1- 1865 American civil war broke out and slavery was abolished.

Since then, the American economy has developed rapidly: by the end of 19, American industrial production has jumped to the top in the world; Since the 20th century, science, technology, culture, education and production scale have been in the leading position in the world and become the most powerful country in the world. During the period of 1803- 1959, the territory of the United States continued to expand, from 13 States at the time of independence to 50 States now.

At present, the overseas territories of the United States are Guam and East Samoa in the Pacific Ocean; Puerto Rico island in the Caribbean; US Virgin Islands, etc.

The history of the United States During the colonial period, Native Americans lived in this land 15000 years.

Europe began to colonize America at the end of 15. 1607, the first British colony was successfully established in Virginia.

In the next twenty years, some Dutch colonies were established, including New Amsterdam (now new york) and New Jersey. 17th century and18th century, Britain gradually occupied the areas of Dutch and other European colonists, and extensively colonized the east coast of the United States, establishing more colonial areas.

In addition to today's Canada, Britain established 13 colonies in North America. Independence In the1760s and1770s, 13 the tension between American colonies and Britain eventually led to the War of Independence, and the colonial representatives signed the American Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 776.

In the War of Independence (1775-1783), George Washington led a continental army composed of 13 colonies to fight against the British. In 1976, the colony established the Continental Legion in Congress, but it did not authorize tax collection and federal laws.

1777, independent colonies formally adopted confederate regulations, established a federal sovereign state and a federal government exercising management power, and ratified the US Constitution. After an arduous war of independence, the Continental Army finally defeated the British, and the British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783, officially recognizing the independence of the United States.

From 1803 to 1848, the area of the United States almost tripled. With the new ideal of "destined to expand to the whole continent", the colonists expanded to the vast Yuan Ye, and even went deep into the inland before "Louise Anna bought the land". Oregon and other regions are not included. This expansion was briefly blocked in the war of 18 12, but it soon continued with the victory of the war.

1848, the United States won the US-Mexico War, which further strengthened the colonists' ideal of territorial expansion. With the continuous expansion and development of the country, a new problem has gradually emerged. There are differences between the federal government controlled by the north and the governments of the southern States on the issue of slavery and state rights: the northern States oppose the expansion of slavery; The southern states object to the interference of the northern states in their way of life, because their cotton economic industry is totally dependent on slavery.

1860 After abraham lincoln was elected president, the conflict broke out completely. South Carolina became the first state to declare secession, and six southern States also seceded from the Union. 186 1 year, the United States of America was founded and opposed to the federal government. The American Civil War ended with the victory of 1865 Federation, and at the same time ended the debate on slavery and whether states had the right to secede from the Federation.

This civil war became a major watershed in American history, and since then, the power of the federal government has greatly increased. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the major turning points in the American Civil War. Technological development during the civil war, coupled with a large number of immigrants from Europe, provided a large number of labor for emerging industries in the United States. Many communities and cities were established in previously underdeveloped areas, which accelerated the industrial development of the United States and the process of becoming an international power.

Then, the United States carried out many imperialist adventures overseas, including the annexation of Puerto Rico and the Philippines after the victory of the Spanish-American War, making the United States one of the world powers. World War I, World War II and the Great Depression 19 14 When World War I broke out, the United States initially remained neutral; The unrestricted submarine war launched by Germany sank American ships sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, causing many innocent American civilians to die and injured, which angered the American public.

In the final stage of the war, the United States joined the Allies against the Allies. For historical reasons, the American public is more sympathetic to Britain and France, although some Germans and Irish people oppose intervention.

In order to protect American investors and the federal government's massive investment in Europe, this is also one of the main reasons why the United States entered the war. Immigration 1902 arrived in the United States by boat. A large number of immigrants have contributed to the economic prosperity of the United States. 19 17 After the United States entered the war, the war situation reversed and 19 18 Allied forces won.

After the war, the United States Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which sanctioned the Allies for fear of excessive involvement in European affairs. On the contrary, the United States adopted an isolationist policy. The war has greatly weakened European countries. Because the war has never been fought in North America, it has brought a lot of wealth and prestige to the United States.

During almost the whole period of 1920s, the prices of agricultural products kept falling, the industrial profits increased greatly, and the American economy developed extremely prosperously. This wave of economic growth is also fueled by the rise of credit and the prosperity of the stock market, which eventually led to the stock market crash at 1929, followed by the Great Depression.

In order to revive the economy, the franklin delano roosevelt government implemented the New Deal, which greatly increased the government's intervention in the economy. Although the economy has eased to a great extent, the New Deal did not fully take effect, and the American economy did not fully recover until after World War II.

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States joined the anti-fascist alliance against the Axis powers. The next battle became the most expensive war in American history. However, a large number of job opportunities created by the front and back, as well as the production recovery driven by the military industry, have completely pulled the American economy out of the haze of panic.

As a result, American women entered the workplace on a large scale. After the cold war victory of an abandoned farm in South Dakota during the Great Depression, the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union gradually emerged. The United States represents capitalism and liberal democracy, and the Soviet Union represents capitalism and planned economy. The rise of the Soviet Union and the ideological conflict led to the Cold War that began in the late 1940s.

The two countries conducted a series of proxy war in many regions and countries, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis which almost triggered a nuclear war and the Afghan War. 1969, due to the backwardness of the space race with the Soviet Union, the US government began to vigorously cultivate elite talents in the fields of mathematics and science. With the efforts of NASA, it successfully put a man on the moon for the first time in 1969.

Racial Conflict In the United States, the development of urbanization has been gradually completed, and American society has experienced a period of sustained economic expansion. At the same time, racial discrimination in American society has been paid more and more attention, especially in the south.

From A.D. 1950, these discriminations were challenged by the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King and others, and finally the apartheid laws in southern States were abolished.

How long is the history of America? The United States, located in North America, was founded on July 4, 1776, and it has been 237 years now.

The history of the founding of the United States is as follows:

America was originally inhabited by Indians. /kloc-At the end of 0/5, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Britain began to immigrate to North America.

Britain came from behind, and by 1773, Britain had established 13 colonies.

1775, the American people's war of independence against the British colonists broke out.

1776 On July 4th, the Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, and the Continental Army was formed, with George Washington as the commander-in-chief. The Declaration of Independence was adopted and the United States of America was formally established.

The war of independence ended in 1783, the federal constitution was formulated in 1787 and George Washington was elected as the first president in 1788.

18 12 and get rid of British colonial rule completely.