It was used as an engine in locomotive trains, & also in steam boats. it also helped create electricity which allowed things such as morse code & synchronization of the world’s clocks.
Thomas Jefferson broke the precedent in the nineteenth century, but it was restored when Woodrow Wilson in the twentieth century.
I hope this helped for your history question
A. The United States produces more oil than any other country
It would seem to most people that the U.S. doesn’t make a huge amount of oil since it imports so much, but the reason that so much is imported is due to the fact that the vast majority of that oil produced in country is saved in National oil reserves for future use in hard times.