Since the beginning of time‚ people have had the need to communicate with one and other. The most common type of communication is speech‚ but you could not talk to someone who lived 20 miles away. Then written language was developed‚ people marked symbols on paper‚ stone‚ or whatever was available. Then hundreds of years passed‚ and people who wanted to share their ideas with people had to do allot of writing‚ until someone thought to make a writing machine. This machine is called the printing
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In the time of 1825-1850‚ United States officials and activists sought to expand the democratic ideals in which the country was founded. Activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as many other women pushed for the right to vote‚ stating that both men and women were created equal‚ and women should be given the right to vote‚ for it was the democratic action to take. Other activists began to create democratic reforms as well‚ fighting to reinforce the ideals the nation so actively prides itself
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wall and desk telephones. Morse‚ Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872)‚ American artist and inventor‚ known for his invention of the electric telegraph and the Morse code. Morse was born in Charlestown (now part of Boston)‚ Massachusetts‚ on April 27‚ 1791‚ and educated at Yale College (now Yale University). He also invented a code‚ now known as the Morse code‚ for use with his telegraph instrument. In 1843 the Congress of the United States appropriated US$30‚000 for Morse to construct an experimental
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3500 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. to 2900 BC The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. 1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones. 1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. 900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China. 776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message
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The Market Revolution Many factors contributed to the Market Revolution beginning in 1815 and ending in 1860. These included economic‚ technological‚ and social aspects. Better transportation helped move people‚ materials‚ and manufactured goods from coast to coast. New inventions quickened the development of crops and manufacturing of goods. The country’s cities were growing fast‚ and people moved west in pursuit of cheap land and opportunity. Economically
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transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations” (“Morse Code and The Telegraph”). Basically‚ the telegraph would send electrical impulses over a long wire laid between two points connected by telegraph stations‚ and once the electricity hit the other station it would pick up the impulses. These electrical impulses were received in a code of dots and dashes called Morse code made by Samuel Morse (Mountjoy 32). Samuel Morse was one of the top contributors to the telegraph along with William
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Generation Z would have no qualms with crowning the iPhone the most influential invention in the history of communications. Seasoned historians‚ however‚ might argue that a bundle of cables in combination with an electrical current‚ called the telegraph‚ should take the prize for the most influential invention. The mid-19th Century implementation of the telegraph‚ single-handedly‚ brought about enormous change to the once asymmetric relationship between the tempo of domestic politics and the speed
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twentieth century. Telegraph The Telegraph was the first practical means of electronic communication. Samuel Morse developed and revolutionized long distance communication with the invention of Morse code in the early 1830s and 1840s. Electric signals were transmitted over a wire laid between stations. The code was assigned a set of dots and dashes to represent each letter of the alphabet. Morse sent his first telegraph message in 1844 from Washington D.C to Baltimore Maryland. Telephone The telephone
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In the world of mass media there are many regulations that exist. These regulations are decided by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On June 19‚ 1934 the FCC‚ which is an independent government agency‚ was created under the Communications Act of 1934. At the beginning the FCC was responsible for regulating broadcast‚ telegraph‚ and telephone. Now the FCC expanded its regulations to new communication technologies such as the satellite‚ microwave‚ cellular telephones‚ PCS service and private
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Advancements in the New Nationalist Period In the years of 1815 through 1850 a new period called the New nationalism period was established in order to bring the nation closer together. This period of time consisted of new economic polices as well as new advancements that changed the way life was lived for all people of the United States. Among these‚ technological advancements and inventions such as the Cotton gin‚ the railroads‚ and the telegraph during this New Nationalist period were able to
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