How did the invention of the telegraph impact American society? Select the two correct answers.

A.

Trains could travel at higher speeds in a safer manner.

B.

Moving out west became cheaper and much faster.

C.

Business owners in the West could stay in touch with eastern markets.

D.

Those who moved out west could communicate with family members in far-away cities.

E.

Miners could access gold and other metals that were deeper in the mines.

C and D

Explanation:

Telegraph was developed by 2 different teams of researchers who were from Britain and the U. S. but the final improved touch added to it was by Samuel Morse a former painter who moved from Europe to America. The aim was to make communication faster and better. It also marked the beginning of Communication revolution in the 1800s.

Before the telegraph was invented the earlier methods of communications were drumbeats or smoke signals and semaphore (mostly used in railroads during the 1790s) these weren't effective enough because they had limitations such as the weather and misinterpretation of the original message. So, when this mode of communication was invented it covered the whole American continent by 1861 and expanded even to Europe by 1866. Business community were also the beneficiary party of this invention as they were getting updated information faster. Western Union was the first company to make use of it. Families hadn't need to wait for months to receive messages from their loved ones.

The answers are:

C. Business owners in the West could stay in touch with eastern markets.

D. Those who moved out west could communicate with family members in far-away cities.