The system of horse riders, railroads, and telegraphs that allowed newspapers to report on the Mexican-American War was the forerunner of the
a. Chicago Tribune.
b. New York Sun.
c. Washington Post.
d. New York Times.
e. Associated Press.
Question 2
Railroads and the telegraph made an impact on newspapers because they
a. decreased the cost of shipping newspapers.
b. increased readership.
c. increased the speed in which reporters were able to transmit their stories.
d. made production more cost-effective.
e. reduced the publics reliance on newspapers as their main source of information.