Social Studies communication quiz

How many post offices were there when George Washington was president?

• 75

• 89

• 55

• 100

How was mail transported before the Industrial Revolution?

• Stagecoach,

  Horse,

  Boat

• Plane

• Train

What year was morse code invented?

• 1825

• 1830

• 1850

• 1832

When was the first long-distance telegraph message sent?

• May 15, 1840

• May 3, 1844

• May 24, 1844

• May 25, 1844

What did the first long-distance message from Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. say?

• "How's it going?"

• "What hath you done"

• "Hello"

• "What hath God wrought?"

Who was the person morse code was named after?

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alfred Vail