(5) Improved communication Systems

In the first half of the 1800s, people who used money and property in establishing a business were called:

Capatalists

What is most characteristic of Samuel Morse?

He invented the telegraph and was the first to use it in Washington D.C.

In the first half of the 1800s, people who used money and property in establishing a business were called:

In-person Communication Letter Writing

What is significant of the expression, "What hath God wrought?"

It was the first message transmitted over the telegraph by Samuel Morse.

What best defines capital?

Money or goods invested in industry or business

How was written communication improved in the late 1800s?

The Pony Express

In 1832, about two-fifths of the workers in New England textile mills were children from four to sixteen years of age.

True

In 1844, Samuel Morse built an experimental line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Morse set up his telegraph instrument in the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., while a friend waited at the other end of the line in Baltimore.

True

Labor organization was slow because it was regarded as being unpatriotic.

True

Most of the early labor unions were limited to skilled workers.

True

Telegraph lines stretched between the important cities of the Northeast. By 1850, New York was connected by telegraph lines with Chicago. Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., were connected with New Orleans. By the fall of 1861, lines were strung across North America to California.

True

The working class began a struggle for better working conditions early in the 1800s. Some groups formed labor unions and demanded shorter hours, higher wages, better and safer working conditions, and social improvements.

True

Written communication improved again in 1860 with the beginning of the Pony Express. Created mainly as a means of getting letters to California, the first mail left St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 3, 1860.

True

A large part of the factory labor supply was made up of:

Women and children

Which of the following statements is true of the life of the industrial worker?

Workers worked 12-15 hours a day, men got paid $5 a week, women got payed half the amount of men, and children got paid even less than women.