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"What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message

"What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted: 12/31/2010

Printed in Morse code and transcribed by Samuel Morse himself, this message was transmitted from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., over the nation's first long-distance telegraph line.


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United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

1: United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans
 
2: How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions
 
3: The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800
 
4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period
 

World History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 7: An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914

6: Major global trends from 1750-1914
 

Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)

Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities

4B: Obtain historical data from a variety of sources.
 

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