3. Summarizing How were messages sent by telegraph?

The system sent messages by using dots and dashes via an electric signal.

Explanation:

The telegraph operated off of wires that went all over the United States and abroad. The messages were sent via dots and dashes that the receiver had to decipher for the recipient of the messages. These messages were sent instantly via the electric signals in the wires. This was an easier way for people in that time to communicate since the mail could take months to receive.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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it was the first major victory for the colonists.