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The first transatlantic telegraph line linking Britain and North America was completed in:
A1868
B1878
C1888
D1858
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 1858
1. The link came decades before radio.
2. It was laid in the late 1850s.
3. It was completed in 1858.
_Source: OpenStax World History Volume 2, Chapter 9, The Second Industrial Revolution._
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