(MC)What was one important effect of the development of the telegraph?

It made long-distance mail delivery more efficient.

It allowed people to talk over great distances.

It increased the speed that news traveled across the United States.

It increased competition for Bell's telephone company.

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(MC)What was one important effect of the development of the telegraph?

 It made long-distance mail delivery more efficient.

 It allowed people to talk over great distances.

 It increased the speed that news traveled across the United States.

 It increased competition for Bell's telephone company.

anonymous · Answer

C. 

It's not A, because it has nothing to do with Mail. It's not B, because letters already allowed people to talk over great distances. And it is not D, because the phone hadn't been invented yet I believe.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks