Before the railroad was built, how would a businessman cross the United States?
Before the railroad was built, a businessman who wanted to travel across the United States would have to take a month-long journey by stagecoach or sa...
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Before railroads changed the way people kept time, cities all over the world set their own clocks by looking at the ______________.
sun
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_______ ______________ ________________, a Canadian railroad engineer, suggested that it might be a good idea to divide the world into twenty-four time zones.
Sir Sandford Fleming
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What happened at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869?
The railroad across the United States was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
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Under Japan's new constitution, who made the policies for the country?
Under Japan's new constitution, a group of advisors to the emperor, known as the cabinet, made the policies for the country.
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Saigo Takamori, a famous samurai warrior, led a rebellion known as the _____________ _____________.
Satsuma Revolt
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The Japanese city of Edo was renamed _________________ in 1868.
Tokyo
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What did it mean when time became standardized?
When time became standardized, it was kept according to the same rules across the whole United States and, eventually, across the whole world.
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______________ ______________ invented a light powered by electricity and then developed a whole system to run these lights.
Thomas Edison
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How were the conscripts in the new Japanese army different from the samurai?
The conscripts in the new Japanese army were supposed to fight in return for a salary, not like the samurai who fought because they owed a feudal obli...
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The daimyo who helped the emperor regain his throne called this time period the _______________ _________________
Meiji Restoration
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Why did Yoshinobu agree to resign as shogun?
Yoshinobu agreed to resign as shogun because he knew that a civil war would weaken Japan and make her even less able to stand up to the United States...