Throughout the United States history, technological
developments have played an important role in transforming American society.
There are many technologies that changed the face of American society; two of
them are Automobile and Nuclear Energy. These technologies have had both
positive and negative effects on the Unites States and American society.
Automobile is a machine that is developed to transport goods
and people from one place to another. First Automobile was invented by Harl
Benz in Germany on 1886.since then Automobile has become the main source to
transport goods and people. Many countries many countries took this idea, one
of them was United States. First Automobile business in United States was
founded by Henry Ford. He mass produced the automobile (United States history
book page no 436). Through Automobile Business he owned many other businesses.
He became one the richest person in the United States. However this technology
also had negative effects in the environment. This technology polluted the
earth’s environment, all the waste material that came out from factory was
dumped into the water and polluted the water; carbon emission was rapidly
increasing which threatened climate change. People weren’t aware of all the
negative effects.
Another technology that transformed the American society is
Nuclear Energy. Nuclear energy was invented in late 1940s and first time it was
used as a bomb in Japan (United States history book, chapter 24 page 818). It
was also known as weapon of mass destruction. It also ended the World War 2.
Now this technology is being used as alternative source of energy, carbon less
energy source which reduces the carbon level in the earth’s atmosphere. However
this also has a negative effect because the waste particle came from nuclear
power plant in highly radioactive. It also has high chances of exploding and
when it explodes in releases the radiation on atmosphere which is highly
dangerous to every living thing even to humans.
Although the negative effects seems high but scientist and
engineer have made a backup plans for this kinds of situation. These
technologies effects United States socially, economically and politically.
