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THE EFFECTS OF THE TITANIC

One of the most advertised events of the 1910's was the so-called Unsinkable Titanic and
it's controversial sinking on April 14, 1912. When news of this British made luxury
liner, weighing 46,000 gross tons reached American shores the press went wild. The idea
of an unsinkable ship was bewildering. Then when the ship sank on her maiden voyage the
press had a second hay-day. The sinking of the Titanic was a national event. It effected
the 1910's in several ways, 2 examples of this would be the death of American social
icons, and the reforms made to ships technology and travel codes. (MSN Learning)
The death of two admired Americans affected the 1910's by turning the sinking of the
Titanic into a national affair. Mr. Isidor Straus, one of the American millionaires
killed on the titanic, operated a company that engaged in blockade running for the
confederate states during the American Civil War. After the war he moved to New York and
obtained R.H. Macy & Co. He also severed as Congressman for New York Tate in 1895. Mr.
Straus was a social icon in America. His death saddened citizens across America. (Straus
Encyclopedia Titantica) Also social icon Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was killed in the
shipwreck. He wrote the novel A Journey in Other Worlds. He invented mechanical devices
like the bicycle brake, turbine engine, and a pneumatic road-improver. Astor also built
the Astoria Hotel. Under the staff of General Levi P. Morton he became Colonel during the
Spanish-American War. Mr. Astor contributed vastly to America's development. The country
was deeply moved by his death. The decade of 1910 was effected by the loss of these and
other social icons. (Astor Encyclopedia Titantica)
The sinking of the Titanic directly contributed to the 1910s' and subsequent years
through reforms in ship policies and travel codes. When investigators of the shipwreck
found that there were only enough lifeboats for about half of the passengers aboard many
reforms were issued. Such as the maintenance of a full-time radio watch on each ship
while at sea, and in international ice patrol. The reforms made travel on large sea
vessels much safer in the years following the accident. (Titanic Disaster)
A major national event, the sinking of the Titanic, affected the 1910's in many ways. Two
of these ways are, the deaths of American icons, and the reforms on ship technology and
travel codes. 
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