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AP US History
Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.5
How did the proliferation of telegraph technology impact communication in the late 19th century America?
The telegraph made letter writing obsolete.
The telegraph was primarily a tool for military communication.
It drastically reduced the time it took to send messages long distances.
Telegraph use remained limited due to high costs and low literacy rates.
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