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 * __ Telegraph __**
 * __ 1850 __**

//Theme 7: Developments in literacy, education, and communication//

The development of the telegraph was popularized in 1850, but it was patented a year earlier in 1849, and was a huge step in communication. The idea was conceived by Samuel F. B. Morse. This made communication easier between cities, countries and states. Within the first ten years itself over 23,000 miles of wire were constructed for the telegraph. The telegraph could change the future by causing countries to communicate during times of war easier as well as not have to travel as much for meetings of the great countries. This allowed businessmen to communicate with their factories and businesses effortlessly.

McKay, John P. __History of Western society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003