The Telegraph Was Useless as a Means of Communicating Between

question 121

Multiple Choice

The telegraph was useless as a means of communicating between ships at sea or between ships and the shore because ______.

• A) its signal was too weak to travel across bodies of water
• B) the telegraph signal was distorted by the electromagnetic spectrum
• C) telegraph equipment was too cumbersome to be used aboard ship
• D) the telegraph required a wire cable connecting the sending and receiving stations
• E) All of the options are correct.

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