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New taxes imposed on stamps by Parliament. Paper expensive. Start of anger against Parliament in the colonies, "taxation without representation."
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1846-1848. Gained CA.
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The first telegraph interconnection treaty was signed between Prussia and Austria. Messages could now be sent from Vienna to Berlin.
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The Abolitionist Press: slavery is a moral evilThe Unionist Press: the Union must be preservedThe Secessionist Press: personal liberty and private property are moral goods
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Paid for by the governments of France and England, the General Oceanic and Subterranean Electric Printing Telegraph Company laid one of the first long-distrance underwater telegraph cables. The first message was transmitted in 1852 between London and Paris.
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Starts at Fort Sumpter
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Riots in response to men being drafted into war.
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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
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Press that was a forum for black dissent.
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Bloodiest war in American History, most U.S. casualties ever.
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Early Phonograph RecordingPhonograph
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Perfected the process of filming and projecting moving images.
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The Great Train Robbery MovieThe Great Train Robbery
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When ships Republic and Florida crashed off the coast of Nantucket, the distress signals sent by operator Jack Binns for both ships saved most of the 1,200 people on the ships.
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This act was passed soon after the sinking of the Titanic. It required that all radio operators, amateurs as well, be licensed and barred anyone but those specifically allowed from transmitting messages on main commercial and military wavelengths.
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1914-1918
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Federal Trade Commission. Established in part to regulate advertising.
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1917-1919. The engineering of consent was Creel's idea that by developing specific ideas and disseminating them to public, it could influence public opinion. Using propaganda as the mechanism.
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One of the first acts of War censorship.Prohibitted "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" to be printed etc.
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The number of femal telephone swtichers more than double from 1900 to 1920. The number rose from 256 in 1900 to 800 in 1920.
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David Sarnoff establishes NBC, National Broadcasting Corporation.
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Colombia Broadcasting System
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Gave government control of all channels and uses of radio for the "public interest, convenience, and neccessity."
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Start of the Great Depression. Per capita income drops almost 30% by 1932. Salary decrease of 40%.
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Moral censorship guidelines
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1933-1936. Put in place by Roosevelt. Created in response to the Depression: Relief, Recovery, Reform.
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Murrow, CBS Talk relation in Europe, broadcasts live the arrival of Hitler in Vienna, Austria after the Nazi Annex.
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1939-1945. Established Code of Wartime Practices. Oversaw the "voluntary" censorship of the press. Only violated a couple of times.
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Allies invade Western Europe.
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Little Richard-LucilleAllan Freed plays Rhythm and Blues, music by black musicians, on the radio. Becomes popular with white teenagers.
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One of Murrow's See It Now ShowsTalked about McCarthy, who was an anit-communist, socialist zealot.
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1955-1975
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A collection of papers from the DOD documenting war efforts during Vietnam War. Showed that the Johnson administration had lied to the public and Congress.
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1972-1972. Nixon had bugged the White House and was later forced to turn over the tapes. Also caught involved in the break in by five men into the Democratic National Convention.
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Students protest Vietnam War. National Guard tried to subdue crowd and ended up killing 4 students.
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One of the first cases regarding libel in print media.
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Invasion of Grenada. First U.S. press blackout.
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Gulf War, in response to Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Under President H.W. Bush
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Bell Systems properties included regional operating companies, long lines, and Western Electric.
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Radio Corporation of America. Regulated what was allowed on the radio.
