1. how did the us coastline provide an advantage for the south during the civil war?

a) it allowed the south easy access to the north.

b) it allowed a quick escape from most cities in the south.

c) it provided a direct link to european allies and their imports.

d) it was very long, making it difficult for the union to create blockades.

b) the confederacy had to pay all union war expenses.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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