What was the title of the first daily paper in America?
Pennsylvania Evening Post
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Who was the American cartoonist that introduced and popularized the Republican and Democratic symbols?
Thomas Nast
100
What message was sent over the Atlantic Cable connecting London to the US?
"Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."
100
The completion of _________ enabled an American wire service, the New York associated press, to exchange news with a British wire service, Reuters
the Atlantic Cable
100
What happened for the first time in London in 1814?
London used a steam-driven press for the first time
200
What was the title of the first Spanish language newspaper in the U.S?
El Misisipi
200
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F.B. Morse
200
What day did the Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first daily paper in America?
May 30, 1783
200
What nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison shout against a recording diaphragm?
"Mary had a little lamb..."
200
What happened on January 11, 1849, in New York City?
The first cooperative news gathering service
300
What was the first paper for common working folk?
New York Sun
300
Who founded the first black newspaper?
John B. Rossworm and Rev. Samuel E. Cornish
300
When/where was the first Spanish-Language newspaper in the US published?
New Orleans, 1808
300
What was the first electromagnetic telegraph message transmitted over a telegraph line from Baltimore to inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who receives it in the U.S supreme court chamber?
"What hath God wrought?"
300
What was published in New York City in March 16, 1827? The
The first black newspaper, Freedom’s Journal
400
What was the first newspaper for native Americans?
Cherokee Phoenix
400
What physicist proved the existence of radio waves?
Heinrich Hertz
400
On what day did Alexander Graham Bell successfully demonstrate his system for transmitting voices over wire by sending for his assistant?
March 10, 1876
400
Who was one of the most famous American editorial cartoonists?
Thomas Nast
400
What was the New York Sun?
The first penny paper for common working folk
500
Where was the elephant introduced as a symbol of the Republican party?
Harper's Weekly
500
Who first successfully transmitted voices over wire?
Alexander Graham Bell
500
When/where was the regular Pony Express service established between New York and Philadelphia by the postmaster?
New York City, 1835
500
How many sheets could London's steam-driven press print in an hour?