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  1. Samuel Morse's 1844 demonstration of the telegraph sent which message from Washington to Baltimore?

    Answer: What hath God wrought

    The message 'What hath God wrought' opened the age of instant long-distance communication.

  2. Why did the Pony Express end in October 1861?

    Answer: The transcontinental telegraph was completed

    The telegraph line made mail riders unnecessary for fast news.

  3. What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863?

    Answer: To dedicate a cemetery and renew the nation's commitment to liberty and equality

    Lincoln dedicated the battlefield cemetery and reframed the war's purpose.

  4. Which newspaper did Frederick Douglass found to promote the abolitionist cause?

    Answer: The North Star

    Douglass began The North Star in Rochester, New York, in 1847.

  5. Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin influenced public opinion by doing what?

    Answer: Increasing Northern opposition to slavery

    The novel dramatized slavery's cruelty and strengthened antislavery sentiment.

  6. Yellow journalism by Hearst and Pulitzer helped push the U.S. toward which conflict?

    Answer: The Spanish-American War

    Sensational coverage of Cuba and the USS Maine inflamed public support for war.

  7. Which invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 transmitted voices over wires?

    Answer: Telephone

    Bell's telephone allowed live voice communication.

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