Living along the Mississippi River system, buring tribal leaders in burial mounds and building earthen works around their villages, were characteristics of which early American society?
1. anasazi
2. pacific coast cultures
3. gulf coast cultures
4. mississippian mound builder society

The telegraph, the transatlantic telegraph cable, and the telephone were important to businesses after 1850 because of a. they created a system for developing new inventions. b. they filled a need that other inventions of the day could not. c. they attracted investors and created the stock market. d. they made picture-taking a popular american pastime.