Morse Code

Before the invention of the telegraph, messages were carried

• on horseback
• by pigeons

• by airplane

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Morse

• Alfred Vail

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

What did Samuel Morse use to deflect an electromagnet?

• Pulses of current

• Horseback

• Written messages

• Telegraph wires

When did Samuel Morse give the first demonstration of his invention?

• 1837

• 1845

• 1852

• 1860

Who improved the design of the telegraph?

• Alfred Vail

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

What did Alfred Vail modify in the telegraph?

• Embossing the paper with dots and dashes

• Using pulses of current

• Creating a new code system

• Transmitting electric signals

Which alphabet was assigned the simplest symbol in the Morse code?

• E

• A

• T

• S

What was Samuel Morse's job?

• Art professor

• banker

• business man

Samuel Morse did not get the news that _________ until it was too late.

• his father was sick

• his wife died

• his dog was lost

The telegraph was invented to improve

• hearing

• mail delivery

• communication