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]
What invention in the late 19th century led to improved communication and the exchange of ideas?
A
printing press
B
telegraph
C
telephone
D
internet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication.

Detailed explanation-2: -The telegraph and the telephone Two inventions of the 19th century, the electric telegraph and the electric telephone, made reliable instantaneous communication over great distances possible for the first time.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Answer. The key revolution in communications in the first half of the 19th Century was the invention of the telegraph.

Detailed explanation-4: -Telephone. Alexander Graham Bell introduced another form of fast and convenient long-distance communication in 1874 when he invented the telephone. The earliest known telephones in Newfoundland date back to 20 March 1878 and connected the St.

Detailed explanation-5: -Another significant invention of the late 1800s was Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone introduced in 1876. A natural step after the invention of the telegraph, the telephone did not become prevalent in households until the end of the century, because most of the area did not have the necessary wiring to provide service.

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