History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1229 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Morse and the Telegraph
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The idea
Samuel Morse developed the telegraph and Morse code, demonstrating it publicly in eighteen thirty-eight.
In practice
Congress funding thirty thousand dollars for a Washington to Baltimore line, completed in eighteen forty-four.
Where people slip
For the first time a message could travel faster than the person carrying it. Note that the anchor files this with the inventors, not with transport.
Your place on the trail
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