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1__________________________. The newspapers shared the cost of receiving news from telegraph agents throughout the nation and sold the reports to other papers. 2__________________________. During the Civil War (1861-1865), Northern newspapers sent more than 100 reporters to cover the battles in the South.
3__________________________. 4________________________. At the same time, however, the papers started reform campaigns by hunting out and exposing corruption in business and government.
In 1848, six New York City newspapers – including the Sun, the Herald, and the Tribune – formed the Associated Press, the first major news service in the United States.
In the 1850’s, papers from such cities as Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis sent their own correspondents to report the news from Washington D.C.
The age of sensationalism lasted from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.
During this period, American newspapers increasingly emphasized stories that dealt with crimes, disasters, and scandals.