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Western immagration
Moving West
President Thomas Jefferson made the Luisiana purchase which doubbled the size of the United States. To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health. He supported lower class people such as farmers because everyone seemed to depend on them. Jefferson believed that moving westward would be a good opportunity for the Nation. -
Invention of the telegraph
telegraph
The telegraph was used to send electric signals across wires. a rough system was used in France. Samuel Morse began working on his version of the telegraph in 1832; he developed Morse Code wich is the alphabet in sounds. This invention helped people stay comunicated when they moved west. -
Texas joins the union
Texas entered the union as a slave state after gaining independence from spain durinng the 1820s. -
railroads
Railroads
Railroads were first invented in Great Britian. The first engines used in the United States were purchased from the Stephenson Works, that was in England. The importion of railroads stoped after the Civil War. Railroads were used a lot during this time to transport goods, and basic needs from one place to another. -
The world's Colombian Exposition
its the annivarsery of cristopher columbus landing in america http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo.html -
Invention of the radio
radio comunicationAntonio Meucci was the first man to start an invention which now is known as a radio. Eveyone knew this inventionas as a wireless telegraphy. Meucci sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometer away. He continued to work on his new invention, and in 1897 he received the official British patent for the radio - which was really a wireless telegraph system at first. The radio as used for comunicsstion with the outside world. There were news reported though it.
