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| Benjamin Franklin | In 1775, ____________ was put in charge of the postal service using horseback or wagon train. |
| The Pony Express | A faster way to deliver mail began going from St. Joseoh, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 1860. |
| The Transcontinental Railroad | Made sending letters across the whole country faster and safer in the late 1800s. |
| Samuel Morse | Invented the telegraph in 1837. |
| transcontinental telegraph wire | This first was set up in 1867 and allowed messages to be conceyed using Morse Code. |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the first telephone in 1876 |
| Guglielmo Marconi | Invented the radio to send voice signals through wires in 1896 |
| A.A. Campbell Swinton | The television was created in 1907 |
| Late 1940s | The news of the world in pictures came right to your home. |
| Last 20 years | Satellites, cable, Internet, and email have changed our ways to communicate. |
