Week 28: Stagecoach, Pony Express, and the Telegraph

The transportation of both people and mail were quickly changing during the late 1800s. Why was this change constantly happening?

•   People wanted to become inventors

•   People needed to go to parks

•   People wanted to send and receive information faster.

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In order to send messages faster, the telegraph was created which sent the messages __________.

•   by horse

•   along electrical lines

•   on stagecoaches

•   aboard ships traveling around Cape Horn

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The stagecoach, a once popular way to transport people west, was replaced by __________.

•   The Pony Express

•   U.S. Airlines

•   the transcontinental railroad

•   wagon trains

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Butterfield Overland Mail ran for two years and was then sold to __________.

•   Western Union

•   Wells Fargo

•   U.S. Bank

•   United Parcel Service

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When the first telegraph from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., was sent October 24, 1861, the __________ ended almost immediately.

•   Pony Express

•   Butterfield Overland Mail Company

•   United Parcel Service

•   Western Union stagecoach deliveries

Pony Express riders carried the letters and packages they were delivering in __________.

• mochilas

• letterboxes

• steamer trunks

• duffle bags

Pony Express riders faced many dangers on their trip from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, including __________.

•   attacks from hostile American Indian groups

•   extreme weather conditions

•   wild animals

•   all of the above

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The Overland Mail Company and the Pony Express transported mail from the East to California. What was the biggest difference in their routes?

•   The Overland Mail Company’s route took them up into California while the Pony Express route ran straight across from Missouri.

•   The Pony Express route went down into Mexico while the Overland Mail Company’s route ran straight across from Missouri.

•   The Overland Mail Company’s route went down into the southernmost part of the United States, almost into Mexico, while the Pony Express route was nearly straight west from Missouri.

•   The Pony Express route went up into Canada while the Overland Mail Company’s route went down almost into Mexico.

In order for a message to be sent by telegraph, it first had to be translated into __________.

•   Morse code

• Spanish

• braille

•   binary code

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The telegraph was a much faster means of sending messages across the country, but it was not without problems. What were some of the issues users experienced with this technology?

•   Messages had to be short

•   It was expensive

•   If the wire broke, the message couldn’t be sent at all.

•   All of these were issues or downsides

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