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]
Who invented something that is considered our most important form of communication today?
A
Thomas Edison
B
Alexander Graham Bell
C
Henry Ford
D
Cyrus McCormick
E
the Wright Brothers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Alexander Graham Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He came to the U.S as a teacher of the deaf, and conceived the idea of “electronic speech” while visiting his hearing-impaired mother in Canada.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The first means of communication was, of course, the human voice but about 3, 200 BC writing was invented in Iraq and Egypt. It was invented about 1, 500 BC in China. Other civilizations in central America like the Mayans also invented systems of writing.

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