The United States changed to standard time zones when
a. Congress passed a law establishing this system.
b. the railroads needed to develop coordinated schedules across the continent.
c. factories demanded standard time schedules.
d. long-distance telephones required standard time coordination.
e. farmers needed to know train schedules to deliver crops to market.
b
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