Summary of the 2015 Postage Rate Increase: 1  First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) will remain the same at $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. 2  Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (up one cent from 2014). Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (up one cent from 2014). 2  Postcard rates will increase by one cent to $0.35 from $0.34. 3  Media Mail will see an increase of 6.2% in 2015. 4  Rates will start at $2.72 (1 lb.), up $0.03 compared to 2014.
The Titanic represented the greatness of man made machinery. It was luxurious and was a testament to wealth and design. People were extremely excited, it was known as the unsinkable liner. When it sank on its maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died, it was a shock to the world.If you read papers from this time, you will see the distress in the people. People became cynical and distrustful of the advancement of technology.est Answer: It affected the people's trust in machinery and technology. The 19th Century was the era industrial revolution. In the beginning of the 20th century, people were optimistic and eager to see the development of larger, even greater machines and advancements.
A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, most of us picture what people on the doomed ship were like through the fictional story of Jack and Rose from James Cameron 's 1997 Titanic movie.hey came on the Titanic and they were absolutely amazed at the conditions they were given, he said. Many of them were coming from homes with earthen floors, where the whole family slept in the same area and there was little privacy. The food on board would also have been much better than what they had at home.