When the first rail lines were put in place across the United States in 1869, officials had a problem. Each town along the way set its clock by the noonday sun. So the time was never the same from place to place. It was hard to have a reliable railroad schedule with this system. So in 1883, railroad owners, scientists, and businessmen came up with four time zones across the country. This new system was called Standard Railway Time. Today, these are the time zones in use across the United States.
The main idea of this paragraph is
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The first transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad
Trains that were never on time
Trains that were never on time
Different times in different places
Different times in different places
How railroads resulted in time zones
How railroads resulted in time zones
Question 2
A supporting detail is(1 point)
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Standard Railway Time was set up.
Standard Railway Time was set up.
Sometimes the sun didn’t shine.
Sometimes the sun didn’t shine.
There were 80 time zones in 1869.
There were 80 time zones in 1869.
Towns built railroad stations.
Towns built railroad stations.
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The main idea of this paragraph is how railroads resulted in time zones.
A supporting detail is that Standard Railway Time was set up.
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The main idea of this paragraph is that when the first rail lines were put in place across the United States, officials faced the challenge of each town setting its clock by the noonday sun, resulting in different times in different places. To address this issue, railroad owners, scientists, and businessmen came up with a system called Standard Railway Time, which divided the country into four time zones.
A supporting detail is that the time being different from place to place made it difficult to have a reliable railroad schedule.