Morse Code

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Morse Code

• Pg. 25 of your ISN

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Telegraph

• Samuel F.B. Morse
• 1844
• talking wire

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How does it work?

• Electricity
• Wire cables
• Short and long bursts of electricity with spaces
  in between which represented letters of the
  alphabet

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History is MADE!

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

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Railroad Beginnings

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

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Where are most of the railroads located?
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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

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

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Chart North and South (Chapter 14)
Page 26 of your ISN
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 and 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 regions African Americans enslaved