The First Types Of Communication In The 1800s

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The first type of communication took 180 to get from coast to coast in the 1800s. After the trains modernized more it got faster to communicate, it took 2 weeks. That's still a long time trying to communicate with someone. So then Samuel Morse created the telegraph in 1844.
This allowed instant messages and money could be transferred. Many people used the telegraph, the military,, business owners, journalists and reporters, and just ordinary people. Even though it made it faster to communicate with it only used Morse Code. The codes were made up of clicks and beeps. In 1887, Granville Woods put the telegraph in trains to help with scheduling and to avoid collisions.
In 1876 the telephone was invented, this allowed instant messages. The first