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The Role Of Transportation In The 1840s And 50s

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The 1840s and 50s were full of economical and societal advances. Such as new and improved forms of transportation. In the 1840s, a revolutionary breakthrough occurred—a new form of communication that was called a telegraph. Communicating through telegraph was almost instantaneous; it allowed people to talk to each other faster than a letter. In 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse sent the very first telegraph. His first transmission via telegraph was “What Hath God Wrought.” At the time, there may not have been many ways to interpret Morse’s vague transmission, but today that statement can be interpreted in many different ways. For example, in the bible there is a chapter (Numbers 23:23) that says “what hath God wrought.” According to the Merriam-Webster
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