What were the "new" immigrants that arrived in america in the late 1800s different from earlier waves of immigrants? a. they tended to be catholic and jewish b. they were protestants c. most came with their own money d. most spoke english

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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