Question

Why did samuel morse create the morse code

Answer 1

Before telephones were invented, it could send messages over long distances by using pulses of electricity to signal a machine to make marks on a moving paper tape.

Basically to communicate with people long distance. It was faster then mailing and the telephone hadn't yet been invented.

Answer 2

Way back in 1836, Samuel F. B. Morse, along with Joseph Henry and Alfred Vail, invented an electrical telegraph system. Before telephones were invented, it could send messages over long distances by using pulses of electricity to signal a machine to make marks on a moving paper tape.