GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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The telephone improved communication even more than the telegraph. Now business and homes could communicate quickly and easily. Why did telephones catch on so quickly? (Pick 2 Answers)
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The telephone was less expensive and more people could afford to buy them.
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Telephones were easier to use because people didn’t have to learn a special code to understand the message.
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The telephone was easier to carry around than the telegraph machine.
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The telephone make it harder for people to get messages out West.
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The telephone was more expensive and no one was able to buy them.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By transmitting information quickly over long distances, the telegraph facilitated the growth in the railroads, consolidated financial and commodity markets, and reduced information costs within and between firms.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the telephone was similar to the telegraph in that they were both communication devices, the telephone allowed people to use their voices, rather than Morse Code, to communicate. In fact, some people called the telephone the ‘’talking telegraph. ‘’ The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
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