In 1844, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail sent the first telegraph message between Washington, D. C., and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1861, Western Union laid the first transcontinental telegraph line.
In 1866, the first permanent telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic Ocean.

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?
It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country.
It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.
It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.
It was the government’s only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.

Aman is charged a fee by the city for having numerous broken cars and auto parts in his front yard. which of the following correctly best describes why the city punish him? he has committed a crime. he is in violation of a city statute. he has violated an amendment of the u.s. constitution. a judge has decided that he is in violation of civil law.

Which of the following was not a characteristic of phoenician cities? a. they were located on islands. b. they had harbors on each side. c. they were built on land jutting out to the sea. d. they were surrounded by high stone walls and towers.

What are the functions of wal-mart? are they the same or different from the functions of wal-mart in our individual lives? how do the two type of functions connect? does wal-mart have both manifest and latent functions? what are they? are there any dysfunctions of wal-mart for society? if so, what are they? how might these dysfunctions serve as incentives or catalysts for social change? conflict questions: does wal-mart affect every group in society in the same way? if not, what are the differences? how does wal-mart perpetuate the inequalities (of gender, race, class, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc.) in our society? how does wal-mart contribute to conflict between unequal groups in our society? how might wal-mart contribute to social change or the amelioration of inequalities in society? interactionist questions: what kind of symbolic world are you likely to encounter inside a wal-mart store, and how does that affect the shopper’s experience? how does wal-mart influence our interpersonal interactions? how do interpersonal interactions shape the wal-mart experience for shoppers? for workers? how does wal-mart contribute to our socially constructed reality?