USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ greatly improved communication for American citizens & businesses through his invention of the telephone.
A
Thomas Edison
B
Alexander Graham Bell
C
George Washington Carver
D
Henry Ford
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most notably, Bell is credited for his invention of the telephone, which grew out of his research on the telegraph. Thanks to his contributions, communications continue to expand and improve across the globe, allowing people to stay connected from virtually anywhere.

Detailed explanation-2: -It cut down on the amount of time it took to send messages to each other. As the telephone network grew, it also expanded the area that a business could reach. Businesses began to use telephones to connect offices with each other and to build a stronger network of customers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Alexander Graham Bell is credited with being the inventor of the telephone since his patent and demonstrations for an apparatus designed for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically… causing electrical undulations” were successful. First Bell Telephone, June 1875.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Development of the Telephone While Italian innovator Antonio Meucci (pictured at left) is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876.

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