Telegraph

a device that used electric signals to send messages

• Literacy

• Telegraph

• Prejudice

• Spiritual

a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet

• Slave codes

• Famine

• Morse code

• Trade union

a machine that sends messages long distances by sending electrical pulses in code over wires.

• telegraph

• standard time

• Bessemer Process

• boom and bust cycle

Invented the telegraph and Morse code.

• Samuel F. B. Morse

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• George Washington Carver

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

• It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.

• It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.

• It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country.

• It was the government's only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.

How did the telegraph further the Industrial Revolution?

• The telegraph helped manufacture more goods.

• The telegraph helped further the Industrial Revolution by preventing work accidents.

• The telegraph helped to promote communication between businesses, workers, and families.

• The telegraph helped people have fun using the Morse Code.

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

• It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.

• It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.

• It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country.

• It was the government’s only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

• It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country

• It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years

• It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country

• It was the government's only method to negotiate with foreign leaders

The telegraph revolutionized​ (a)  

• Long Distance Communication

• International Travel

• Help for the elderly

• Language Barriers

• Social Media

What was unique about the telegraph?

• It offered almost instant communication over long distances.

• It was the first form of written communication

• It was only used for short-distance communication

• It used smoke signals for communication