The Good Stuff | What if The Civil War Were Tweeted? | Time Capsule @TheGoodStuff | Uploaded January 2016 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
The American Civil War was a huge news story. If you weren’t fighting in the war, you probably knew somebody who was. Reporters all over the United States were not only racing to keep up with the war, but they also had to contend with the public’s demand for up-to-the-minute news. Just as social media and the internet have changed the way news is delivered today, there was one technological innovation that allowed the media of the time to be able to communicate and report the news faster than ever before: the telegraph.
Learn more about the Civil War at PBS Learning Media
pbslearningmedia.org/teachcivilwar
For a more dramatic take on the Civil War, check out Mercy Street on PBS
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Time Capsule is made in association with PBS Learning Media. In each video we will take a look at the past, and find out how what happened way back then made what happens in the here and now possible!
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Jake Chudnow
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Image/Video Credits:
German Factory, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_%2801%29.jpg
Wall Street 1867, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_street_1867.jpg
Six Cylinder Press, By N. Orr (History of the Processes of Manufacture 1864) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoe's_six-cylinder_press.png
Morse w/ Telegraph, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathew_B._Brady_-_Photo_of_Samuel_F.B._Morse_%28c.1850%29.jpg
Old Telegraph, By John Schanlaub from Lafayette,IN, USA (Wallace Study-Telegraph) [CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_Study-Telegraph.jpg
Adelaide Telegraph Line, By Mart Moppel [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adelaide-Darwin_Telegraph_Line.jpg
Transcontinental Telephone Line, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b15c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Pacific Telegraph Route, By J. Calvin Smith, J. M. Atwood, map engraver. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Telegraph_Route_-_map,_1862.jpg
Military Telegraph Station, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Military_telegraph_station_at_Wilcox's_Landing_-_NARA_-_530479.jpg
Pony Express, By Actual author unknown (Pony Express) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pony_Express_Poster.jpg
Overland Pony Express, By Wood engraving after George M. Ottinger (d. 1919) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Overland_Pony_Express.jpg
Assassination of Lincoln, By Currier & Ives, 1865. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Assassination_of_President_Lincoln_-_Currier_and_Ives_2.png
Learning to Set Type, Public Domain, youtube.com/watch?v=hJT4aVrmSw0
The American Civil War was a huge news story. If you weren’t fighting in the war, you probably knew somebody who was. Reporters all over the United States were not only racing to keep up with the war, but they also had to contend with the public’s demand for up-to-the-minute news. Just as social media and the internet have changed the way news is delivered today, there was one technological innovation that allowed the media of the time to be able to communicate and report the news faster than ever before: the telegraph.
Learn more about the Civil War at PBS Learning Media
pbslearningmedia.org/teachcivilwar
For a more dramatic take on the Civil War, check out Mercy Street on PBS
pbs.org/mercy-street
Time Capsule is made in association with PBS Learning Media. In each video we will take a look at the past, and find out how what happened way back then made what happens in the here and now possible!
__________________________________________________________________
Special Thanks to:
John Powell, Sonya Gavankar and The Newseum
newseum.org
►Subscribe: youtube.com/thegoodstuff
►Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thegoodstuff
►Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/goodstuffshow
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Music by:
Driftless Pony Club
driftlessponyclub.com
Jake Chudnow
soundcloud.com/jakechudnow
Image/Video Credits:
German Factory, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_%2801%29.jpg
Wall Street 1867, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_street_1867.jpg
Six Cylinder Press, By N. Orr (History of the Processes of Manufacture 1864) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoe's_six-cylinder_press.png
Morse w/ Telegraph, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathew_B._Brady_-_Photo_of_Samuel_F.B._Morse_%28c.1850%29.jpg
Old Telegraph, By John Schanlaub from Lafayette,IN, USA (Wallace Study-Telegraph) [CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_Study-Telegraph.jpg
Adelaide Telegraph Line, By Mart Moppel [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adelaide-Darwin_Telegraph_Line.jpg
Transcontinental Telephone Line, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b15c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Pacific Telegraph Route, By J. Calvin Smith, J. M. Atwood, map engraver. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Telegraph_Route_-_map,_1862.jpg
Military Telegraph Station, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Military_telegraph_station_at_Wilcox's_Landing_-_NARA_-_530479.jpg
Pony Express, By Actual author unknown (Pony Express) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pony_Express_Poster.jpg
Overland Pony Express, By Wood engraving after George M. Ottinger (d. 1919) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Overland_Pony_Express.jpg
Assassination of Lincoln, By Currier & Ives, 1865. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Assassination_of_President_Lincoln_-_Currier_and_Ives_2.png
Learning to Set Type, Public Domain, youtube.com/watch?v=hJT4aVrmSw0
