They were different because they went westwards in search of gold. Early ones went with families but later almost only males went westwards in search of easy money. Many wanted to find gold and then return to where they came from since everyone moved there from all over the world.
It had an adverse effect on the people's view of technology because they lost their faith in technology and optimism.Before the sinking of the Titanic, they had a lot of hope in technology but afterwards, they lost their hope in technology completely.
"eu" good or well thantos- death meaning good death