What did california and maine have in common when they became territories of the united states? a) both states had land above and below the missouri compromise line. b) both were admitted as states where citizens could vote on whether to allow slavery. c) both were admitted as a free state at the same time that a slaveholding state was added. d) both were admitted at the same time; in california slavery was legal, in maine it was not.

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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the correct statement regarding the federal court systemis that ' congress has the power to create new federal courts.