MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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telephone
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radio
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telegraph
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A brief historical overview: The printing press was the big innovation in communications until the telegraph was developed. Printing remained the key format for mass messages for years afterward, but the telegraph allowed instant communication over vast distances for the first time in human history.
Detailed explanation-2: -The electric telegraph transformed how wars were fought, how money was sent and how newspapers conducted business. Rather than taking weeks to be delivered by horse-and-carriage mail carts, pieces of news could be exchanged between telegraph stations almost instantly.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is most associated with sending electrical current pulses along a wire with Morse code encoding. The telegraph is the forerunner of all communication systems today, and many of the principles developed for the telegraph are still in use in modern communication and computer networks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Electrical telegraphs were point-to-point text messaging systems, primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.
Detailed explanation-5: -As the first means of long-distance communication, the telegraph changed the shape of American society. The telegraph expanded the business possibilities and expedited the work of a variety of professions, including bankers, brokers, lawyers, and hotel proprietors.