Evolution of Technologies

Before the advancement of technology, sending important messages or communicating with loved ones was a long and difficult process. As a result, a sense of isolation was created between countries. The constant improvement of technology contributed to an "ending of isolation" in the United States by creating communication bridges to close the gaps. Inventions such as the Transatlantic Cable, telephone, radios, televisions, and other inventions have helped people communicate faster with each other. The challenges involved in the creation of these technologies were worth the time because of its major role in the ending of isolation in the United States.

Communication was limited to the speeds of the fastest transportation of the time before the advancement of technology in the United States. We live in a world today that it is hard to imagine a world in which a message could take days to be delivered (Woods, 2011, p. 41). The advancement of technology was important in order to end a physical and intellectual isolation in the United States.

The Transatlantic cable was created in 1866 from the United States to Europe. The cable was laid on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean in order to improve the communication between the two countries (Bowles, 2011). Before this cable, it would have taken at least ten days for a message to be delivered at such a distance. However, it took Queen Victoria sixteen and a half hours to send President Buchanan a message of ninety-eight words (Woods, 2011, p.41). This new technology at the time ended the physical isolation of American by making it easier for people to communicate with each other. Messages could now be sent back and forth in less time. It created a sense that country was no longer days away, but just hours.