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| Where did Jupiter and Engine 119 meet? |
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| They met at Promontory Summit, Utah |
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| How long did a railroad journey across the whole United States take? |
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| Before railroads, how did people set their clocks? |
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| They set their clocks by looking at the sun. |
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| Why did this cause trouble for train passengers? |
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| They did not know exactly when they would arrive at their destinations. |
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| How much difference in time was there between zones that were next to each other? |
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| Each zone was exactly one hour ahead or behind the next. |
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| Besides railroads and time zones, what invention made the world more modern? |
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| Electricity made the world more modern. |
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| What scientist invented a light powered by electricity? |
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| What part of the bulb did Edison have trouble with? |
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| He had trouble finding a filament that would not burn out quickly. |
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| After the bulb, what did Edison and his helpers need to develop? |
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| They needed to develop a system of wires, cables, generators, and light sockets. |
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| When Tokugawa Yoshinobu became shogun, what two things did he try to do? |
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| He tried to strengthen Janpan's navy and throw foreigners out of Japan. |
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| When Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned, who took the throne of Japan? |
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| The seventeen-year-old emperor |
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| What two groups of Japanese fought a civil war? |
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| The Japanese loyal to the shogunate fought the Japanese who were loyal to the emperor. |
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| What was the new name of the city of Edo? |
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| Who was really in control of the country? |
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| The nobleman, or daimyo, were really in charge. |
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| What is a feudal society? |
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| In a feudal society, each person serves someone else in exchange for privileges and favors. |
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| What did the samurai get in return for fighting to protect the daimyo? |
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| What kind of army was going to replace the samurai? |
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| They would be replaced by an army of paid conscripts. |
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| How did the samurai react when they were told to give up their swords? |
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| They gathered together to fight the new army. |
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| What was this revolt called? Who led it? |
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| It was called the Satsuma Revolt, and was led by Saigo Takamori. |
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| Many samurai were killed and Takamori killed himself? |
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| When did Japan get its new constitution? |
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| What country's constitution was a model for the Japanese constitution? |
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| What three parts did the Japanese government have? |
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| Japan had an emperor. a cabinet, and two assemblies. |
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| What did Sir Sandford Fleming suggest as a solution? |
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| He suggested dividing the world into twenty-four time zones. |
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