Hi Ms. Sue, can you please give me links to find the answers to these questions? I have looked everywhere!!!! Thanks!!!
What other Things did the Telegraph lead to?
What was Life Like Before The Telegraph?
What Was Life Like After The Telegraph?
What are The Positive And Negative Impacts?
Before the telegraph, all message had to go by snail mail -- which often took weeks to cross the country.
After the telegraph, messages could be sent much more quickly. Until fairly recently, long distance phone calls were quite expensive -- especially for long distances. When I was living in Chicago in 1952, my great grandmother died in California. The family there sent a telegram to my mom to tell her of the death.
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy