The invention of the telegraph was a major change in communication because it allowed people to do what?

Send written letters more cheaply through the postal service.

Send messages almost instantly over very long distances.

Speak to each other using a telephone for the first time.

Print newspapers much more quickly than before.

In the early 1800s, what was a major problem that new forms of transportation like canals and railroads helped to solve?

A shortage of workers for new factories

Difficult and expensive trade due to slow travel

Frequent conflicts over international borders

The need for a new system of government

To create a faster way for people to travel by horse

To provide water power for new factories in New York

To connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie for shipping

To serve as a defensive barrier against attacks

They could travel upriver against the current.

They were much smaller and easier to build.

They did not require any fuel to operate.

They could also travel on roads and land.

It made farming the most important job in the country.

It encouraged people to stop using boats for travel.

It caused the price of goods to increase significantly.

It linked distant regions and made shipping products cheaper and faster.