However, survivors are not the only part of the aftermath. It seems odd to think that the Titanic was unsinkable, because it indeed did sink. Oceans are very forceful, it is hard to imagine a man made vessel being totally unsinkable, but people still thought that about the Titanic. The Titanic was 8,882.5 feet long, 92.5 wide, 175 feet high, and was the largest moving object ever made according to wonderopolis.org. Along with new the method of watertight compartments and remotely-operated, electronic watertight doors, engineers truly believed the ship was unsinkable. Also, Shipbuilder magazine issued an article on the White Star Line's sister ships, Titanic and Olympic, in 1911. The article illustrated the construction of the ship and stated that Titanic was basically unsinkable. The Titanic disaster, caused sea travel to change. The Titanic only had enough lifeboats for about 38% of it’s passengers, according to wikipedia.org, and so laws have desperately changed concerning lifeboats. For example, recommendations were made by the British and American Boards of Inquiry, stating that ships would have enough lifeboats for everyone, assigned lifeboat drills would be completed, and lifeboat inspections would be made. Another way sea travel has changed is because the United States government passed the Radio act of 1912, and the
“Alas, in 1929 came the stock market crash and everything changed and became worrisome. People starting practicing conservation because of financial losses, myself included” (Negri). The roaring thirties were full of an array of scandals, a rise in the growth of automobile ownership, woman’s fashion, and the stock market crash of 1929. It all began on the 24th of October. It was known as the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. Many families endured the events leading up to unemployment and bankruptcy.
Cause of World War I
Unlike World War II, the causes of World War I are not as clear cut.
Historians say the war had been building up for some time prior to
1914. The "Great War" was not caused by megalomaniacs hungry for power
as in the case of Mussolini and Hitler during World War II. The
origins are more complex.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 in America was a influential crash in the market that began in 1929 after what was known as the Roaring Twenties. During the Roaring Twenties the Dow stock soared and numerous investors bought shares of stock and thought that it was a very safe place to put their money. Dow Jones showed great promise from 1921-1929 as many investors became millionaires. Investors soon irrationally invested their life savings and mortgaged their homes to put the money into hot stocks.
The water temperature that night was below freezing. The wrought iron rivets that fastened the hull plates to the Titanic's main structure also failed because of brittle fracture during the collision with the iceberg. Low water temperatures contributed to this failure [Garzke and others, 1994].
Dunkirk was mainly a disaster: Britain failed to protect France from German attack, they lost huge amounts of money due to abandoned or destroyed machinery and ‘nearly 70,000 British men were killed, wounded or taken prisoner’. Even though morale was high in Britain the involved soldiers were left feeling ashamed of needing rescuing and failing.
In 1937, one of the most disastrous things happened; the Hindenburg exploded while it was trying to land in New Jersey. This was the last flight for airship by zeppelin. This flight was departing from Frankfurt, and it was on its way to the USA. The tickets price was ranged from 400 to 720 $ (round trip) It was so windy that night. Within thirty-four seconds the entire airship start fire. Many people lose their life; while the majority was unbelievable survived. Although Hindenburg was so popular, and ten successful completed flights, unfortunately it was completely destroyed and it was not longer at option for travelling. Sometimes the most useful ideas come from the womb of disaster, and this story was the spark that ignited the search for the
Europe was a continent of mixing races, cultures, beliefs and ideas. Every country had its own style and way of doing things. When industrialization came and shaped a few countries into an economic powerhouse, struggles arose. Nationalism, imperialism, alliances and militarism were the biggest cause of World War I. Europe was a powder keg about to explode with all the conflicting interests and competition that had been brewing for years it was only matter of time, and at last one man would be the shot that started it all. The start of World War I was like a domino effect, one thing after another fell until chaos had consumed Europe.
The Great Crash was one reason but not the only reason why the US economy went into a long depression. While the banks were failing, and were forced to shut down, people couldn't get their money so there was a significant decrease in purchases. Each economical issue, fed into the next so there wasn't any capable way to come out of that until 10 years
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?