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Interstate Commerce Commission was formed by the federal government to regulate railroad, telephone, and telegraph companies.

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What role did the railroads and the telegraph have on the Civil War?

Railroads allowed armies to move long distances much more quickly than by marching, and the telegraph was a much faster means of communication than messengers on horseback. As a result, an army's operational radius was vastly increased. It was not perfect as the railroad and telegraph lines had to be built in advance, but it was still a great improvement for the day. Before World War 1, trucks and radios were in existence, but armies were still mostly dependent on telegraph (or telephone) for communications and railroads for transportation, and they would remain dependent on them until after World War 2. Railroads and telegraphs seem antequated today, but during the Civil War they were a major military advance.


What inventions were made in the gilded age?

Thomas Edison created the Lightbulb Henry Bessemer and the Steel engine the railroads Telegraph The telephone by Alexander Graham Bell


Use telegraph in a sentence?

Telegraph poles to stop debris


WHY was the electric telegraph invented?

well the guy that made this thingy wanted to build something so he did and that is why there was an electric telegraph invented.


What reforms did the populists support?

They called for the election of US senators by popular vote, rather than by state legislatures (17th Amendment). They demanded the universal use of the secret (Australian) ballot, to prevent employers from forcing workers to vote a certain way. They introduced the ideas of the initiative, referendum and recall which were added to many state constitutions. They called for the abolition of national banks and for the government ownership of railroads and the telegraph (socialistic ideas). They advocated a postal savings system so that ordinary people might avoid depositing their money in privately owned banks, and for a graduated income tax.

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Why did the populist party want the government to own railroads and telegraph and telephone system?

The populist party was a new national political party that was formed in 1892 and it called for the government to own railroads and telephone and telegraph systems. This also favored the free and unlimited coinage of silver.


Why did railroads and the telegraph expand together?

because telegraph wires were poles along the railroad tracks


Farmer based party that demanded unlimited silver coinage a graduated income tax and government ownership of railroads telephone and telegraph?

The Populist Party


What factor helped railroads establish dependable schedules?

the invention of the telegraph


Which of these factors helped railroads establish dependable schedules?

the invention of the telegraph


Why did Russia and Britain compete for power in Persia?

because the government helped build telegraph,lines and railroads and experimented with a liberal constitution but everyone want superior power.


What two things were built to speed expansion west?

Railroads and the telegraph i believe


What solution did the populist farmers propose for their problems?

The populists proposed unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen to one, a graduated income tax, and government control of the telephone, telegraph, and railroads.


How did the development of canals railroads and the telegraph transform America?

It helped America to develop its economy and transportation.


Who Developed a way to send telegraph messages between moving railroads trains?

Granville T. Woods


What role did the railroads and the telegraph have on the Civil War?

Railroads allowed armies to move long distances much more quickly than by marching, and the telegraph was a much faster means of communication than messengers on horseback. As a result, an army's operational radius was vastly increased. It was not perfect as the railroad and telegraph lines had to be built in advance, but it was still a great improvement for the day. Before World War 1, trucks and radios were in existence, but armies were still mostly dependent on telegraph (or telephone) for communications and railroads for transportation, and they would remain dependent on them until after World War 2. Railroads and telegraphs seem antequated today, but during the Civil War they were a major military advance.


Two new technical developments of the late nineteenth century that contributed to the spectacular growth of American cities were?

The Telegraph and the railroads