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Why did the new telegraph lines put the Pony Express out of business?
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∙ 12y ago
because they were having a 2,000-mile relay race
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∙ 11y agoBecause the pony express was bad
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Did the pony express get out of business by telegrams or telephones?
The telegraph. The Pony Express was put out of business in 1861, when Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was fourteen years old.
What was the faster overland communication service before the telegraph?
The Pony Express
What were the communication methods used in the near past?
Pony Express, Telegraph, Telephone, CB Radio
How did the telagraph effect the pony express?
THEY LOST ALOT OF BUSINESS.
What did Morse code impact on?
One impact was that when the telegraph line was completed from Saint Lewis to San Francisco, the Pony Express System along the same route had to shut down as the telegraph could send a message almost instantly that took the Pony Express 10 days to carry at a tiny fraction of the cost.
Did the creation of the Pony Express put the telegraph out of business?
No, it was the other way around - the telegraph put the Pony Express out of business.
Did the pony express get out of business by telegrams or telephones?
The telegraph. The Pony Express was put out of business in 1861, when Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was fourteen years old.
Which development brought an end to the Pony Express?
The telegraph is what ended the Pony Express
What invention put the Pony Express out of business?
The Pony Express could no longer compete with other methods of carrying messages. The telegraph was installed and it allowed faster means of sending messages. Trains were put in place and did not have the costs of the Pony Express. It was pure economics that shut it down.
What event caused the pony express to go out of business?
Morse telegraph installed across country
What caused the Pony Express to go out of business in October 1861t?
The establishment of a transcontinental telegraph line
Caused the Pony Express to go out of business in October 1861.?
The establishment of a transcontinental telegraph line
What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph?
YELLING!! Pony Express
Was the pony express slower than a telegraph?
No the reason they didn't continue using the pony express was because thetelegraph was faster than the pony express
Why did the telegraph destroy the pony express?
the telegraph replaced it. i just did a project on the pony express!
Why did the telegraph replace the pony express?
Although the Pony Express riders carried letters from station to station, it was the transcontinental telegraph line connecting East to West that spelled the end of the Pony Express.
Compare and contrast the pony express and the telegraph?
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