If Your Cousin Lives in a Country Three Time Zones

question 20

True/False

If your cousin lives in a country three time zones to your west, then in theory, she lives about 60 degrees of longitude away from you.

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Definitions:

Steamer Planter

A Confederate steamship hijacked in 1862 by Robert Smalls, an enslaved African American who then sailed it to freedom and surrendered it to the Union.

Robert Smalls

An African American who escaped slavery to become a Union naval hero and later a US Congressman.

Union Navy

The naval force of the United States during the American Civil War, playing a critical role in blockading the Confederate states.

Impressment

The act of forcibly taking men into military service without their consent, especially used by British Royal Navy against American seamen in the early 19th century.