1. Morse Code
Notes for your BINDER

2. Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse
1844
“talking wire”

4. How does it work? Electricity Wire cables
Short and long bursts of electricity with spaces in between which represented letters of the alphabet

6. History is MADE! Washington D.C. May 24th, 1844 Supreme Court
Baltimore
“What hath G-d wrought!”

7. Railroad Beginnings Early 1800s- horse or mule pulled cars
1829- Steam-powered locomotive
30 miles/ hour
Problems: accidents, broke down, and smokestacks, 1 track (not two)

8. Where are most of the railroads located?

9. Telegraphs and Railroads
Communication- Days to minutes (Goodbye Pony Express 1861)
Ran lines along railroad tracks
Made railroads safer
Schedule changes
On the go messages

10. The Pony Express bridged the gap between the East and West sections during construction. The Overland Pony Express Harper's Weekly, November 2, 1867

11. A message from the past to the students of the future
Your task is to create a message in Morse code for your partner.
The message should be about the school and what it takes to be a good, productive student
Remember your message must be appropriate. I will be collecting your message at the end of the period.

12. Copy this into your Binder
Chart: North and South (Chapter 14)
Copy this into your Binder
Life in the North
Life in the South
Urban
Rural
Economy based on
industry
agriculture
Railroads increased commerce within the U.S.
Cotton Kingdom:
Cotton most profitable cash crop
Yankee clipper ships
increased foreign trade
Dependent on North and Europe
for manufactured goods
New machines helped
produce more goods
Invention of cotton gin
increased planters’ profits
Artisans formed trade unions
to improve working conditions
Limited industry as money
invested in land and slaves
Wave of European immigrants supplied factory labor
Slave codes place restrictions
on African Americans
Slavery outlawed, but African Americans faced discrimination
About 94% of region’s
African Americans enslaved

13. ID Question 2/25/2011 Choose ONE only:
The Industrial Revolution made positive changes in American society
The Industrial Revolution did NOT make positive changes in American society.