During the time period of 1860 to 1918, numerous new inventions and innovations were introduced into the modern world. Inventions such as typewriters, telephones, electric light bulbs, and radios became essential to the lives of people throughout the industrial world. Additional inventions in the transportation sector, including cars, airplanes, and trains, were developing quickly. Trains especially were viewed as exceedingly influential because they provided useful advantages for present and future generations, notwithstanding the fact that many people were opposed to the formation of such railroads. People were able to appreciate the immediate benefits railroads had to offer along with the long-term advantages for future generations. Concurrently, …show more content…
Trains are so significant that in Document 2 they are even compared to and of equal importance as the telegraphs. The document says that railroads will be the means that brings China into the future, including the poorer citizens irrespective of the fact that China would later become communist. The telegraphs was one of the most revolutionary inventions of all time making brief communication over vast distances remarkably easier and faster; it modernized not only the broadcast and journalism industries but also the larger world in general, transporting monumental news across thousands of miles in mere minutes. Telegraphs can be compared to the modern world’s first text messages in many cases as well. In turn, mentioning the importance of a telegraphs and railroads in the same sentence demonstrates how much value people placed on the railroads. For the time, railroads were the fastest and most cost-efficient way to travel, appealing to people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Other documents like 3 and 6 demonstrate how people valued and appreciated the invention of railroads. The documents declare the empire would fall to enemies without the set up of them, and that the success of their empire was riding on the building of such railroads, not being able to achieve their goals without the development of the railroads. In Document 7 the author gushes about how the railroads have unified his country and brought his people together in a way he had not seen before. He claims that it was “the birth of a common national and patriotic sentiment” for India. Railroad construction was superbly beneficial and had a multitude of immediate and significant benefits. Additionally, Document 5 is another example of railroads getting the approval they deserve saying that the world has not seen an undertaking so intense