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.
The Impact of Gold. The Impact of Gold. When gold was discovered in 1848, people poured into California to prospect the golden mountains.. At the height of the gold rush the atmosphere in the mining country was of extreme excitement and greed.The impact of the gold rush, however, struck much deeper than soil of the Sierra Mountains.Many forty-niners did became prosperous from the mining of gold.he national economy also was impacted by the gold rush and did well because many companies across the country invested, in some way, shape or form, in the gold rush. The table below shows the rapid increase and then the decrease of the amount of money that came out of the gold fields of California.