NATIONAL HISTORY DAY FAIR 2021
PROCESS PAPER
My partner and I choose to do the NHD project on “The Invention of the Telegraph”. In order to find research based on our topic my partner and I split the information that we needed to find. For example, from the bullet point I researched the first 2 points and he researched the last 3 points. We used websites such as History.com and Time.com. We chose this topic due to the fact that we were in online school through zoom and google meets which in general gave us a motivation in tackling the harder parts of this project. This inspired us to choose the topic “The Invention of the Telegraph” since without the Telephone we wouldn't be able to have technology like this and the invention of the telegraph is what sparked and started the further and easier communication across the globe. “The Invention of the Telegraph” relates to this year's theme of communication because it relates to to making of a tool or device which sparked communicating easier across America and the world which began the invention of even easier ways of communication such as the telephone.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary Sources
Disturnell's New Map of the United States and Canada; 1850; United States; Civil Works Map File, 1818 - 1947; Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Record Group 77; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/disturnells-new-map-of-the-united-states-and-canada, February 21, 2021]
A map created by Disturnell that shows all of the canals, railroads, and telegraph lines in America and Canda. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/telegraph
Talks about the development of the telegraph and the first events that occured with the telegraph. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
Talks about how the telegraph works and the distance of how far someone can talk with the telegraph.
Secondary Sources
Written by HISTORY.COM Editors in November 9, 2009 https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph#:~:text=Developed%20in%20the%201830s%20and,a%20wire%20laid%20between%20stations.
Talks about how the telegraph changed communication throughout the lands overall. Mentions the advancements in electrical communication and morse code. https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/the-telegraph.html#:~:text=During%20the%20Civil%20War%20the,important%20contributor%20to%20Union%20victory.&text=The%20United%20States%20Military%20Telegraph,built%2015%2C000%20miles%20of%20line
Talks about how the telegraph was useful during the Civil War and how it was used then.
Written by Weebly https://telegraphinvetion.weebly.com/how-the-telegraph-changed-the-world.html
Talks about the importance of the telegraph and how it changed the world to that effected certain ways people did things in the past.