Morse Code Notes for your BINDER Telegraph Samuel

Morse Code Notes for your BINDER

Telegraph • Samuel F. B. Morse • 1844 • “talking wire”

How does it work? • Electricity • Wire cables • Short and long bursts of electricity with spaces in between which represented letters of the alphabet

History is MADE! • Washington D. C. May 24 th, 1844 • Supreme Court • Baltimore • “What hath G-d wrought!”

Railroad Beginnings • • Early 1800 s- horse or mule pulled cars 1829 - Steam-powered locomotive 30 miles/ hour Problems: accidents, broke down, and smokestacks, 1 track (not two)

Where are most of the railroads located?

Telegraphs and Railroads • Communication- Days to minutes (Goodbye Pony Express 1861) • Ran lines along railroad tracks • Made railroads safer • Schedule changes • On the go messages

The Pony Express bridged the gap between the East and West sections during construction. The Overland Pony Express Harper's Weekly, November 2, 1867

A message from the past to the students of the future • Your task is to create a message in Morse code for your partner. • The message should be about the school and what it takes to be a good, productive student • Remember your message must be appropriate. I will be collecting your message at the end of the period.

Chart: North and South (Chapter 14) Copy this into your Binder Life in the North Life in the South Urban Rural Economy based on industry Economy based on agriculture Railroads increased commerce within the U. S. Cotton Kingdom: Cotton most profitable cash crop Yankee clipper ships increased foreign trade Dependent on North and Europe for manufactured goods New machines helped produce more goods Invention of cotton gin increased planters’ profits Artisans formed trade unions to improve working conditions Limited industry as money invested in land slaves Wave of European immigrants supplied factory labor Slave codes place restrictions on African Americans Slavery outlawed, but African Americans faced discrimination About 94% of region’s African Americans enslaved

ID Question 2/25/2011 • Choose ONE only: • The Industrial Revolution made positive changes in American society • The Industrial Revolution did NOT make positive changes in American society.