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                                                                           1930-1945

1930's

The depression ends and President Roosevelt promises The new Deal to help rebuild America. This was a great idea to help get the economy going again and to get people back to work. The new deal was a great way to start the economy but no one knew what it would do if we continued it. It was a blessing and a cures. He got the economy moving and it kept moving for many years but when it crashed it almost cased another depression and what it is doing to our environment is devastating.

 The 21st amendment is passed and Prohibition is repealed. It is now legal to buy, sale and drink alcohol once again. The bars are open and people are free to make the decision to drink again. Prohibition was a very bad mark in our history. It was good in theory but it ended up developing organized crime and creating more crime. The end of prohibition was a blessing because it but a hurt to the crime wave this country saw.

Orson Wells broadcast one of his stories called the War of the World and people thought that we were really being attacked. They fled their homes and ran for cover to avoid being killed by the aliens. This had to be the greatest broadcasting feat of all time. He was just reading a story he wrote in the radio and had people believing it was actually happening.

1940's

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Killing 1500 and destroying many aircraft and Navy ships. This was done in the early morning and was a surprise. This is a very sad day in out history. It was not until 9/11 that we have ever been so unprepared for an attack.

  We enter into WWII with Japan and shortly after we enter into WWII with Germany and Italy. This is the mark of greatest  war are country was ever in. The United States was an isolated country until this happened and could not sit on the side lines any longer and had to get involved to help bring an end to this war.

Theodore Roosevelt was elected for his fourth term as President of the United States of America. He is the only President to ever be elected four times. He was wildly popular because of how he handled the recovery after the great depression. Sadly shortly after he was elected he died and Truman became President.

Television of the 1930's and 1940's

The invention of the television actually began around the 1820 but it really didn't start to take off until 1927 by  Philo Farnsworth who produced the first electronic television picture. In the early 1930's the first images were transmitted to a few screens. This is what started the rage of TV.  In 1939 at the worlds fair FDR was the first president to give a speech that was broadcast on live TV. This started the race for broadcasting stations to start. The television rage was stopped due to WWII and was stopped until after the war was over. It picked back up and exploded in the 1950's  In 1940 Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry made their cartoon debut.
Early televisions were simple receiver that had to be connected to radios to receive sound.

1930-1945 Science
1939
The First prototype of the Digital Computer
Developed by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry from Iowa State College
This was the first digital computer built that could store data and add and subtract using a binary code. Unfortunately this the next version of this computer was not finished because the WWII. Imagine where we would be today if this technology was not delayed by the war efforts. I think we would have had different people in the spot light.

1945
Atomic Bomb
A team of scientist led by J.R. Oppenheimer were the first to be able to develop the A bomb. This project was call the Manhattan Project. It was very important for us to develop this technology.  This bomb was dropped on Japan's cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This bomb killed thousands of people instantly. Within a few days Japan surrender and WWII ends. It is good that the war ended but it remains a sad day in history for the world.
After the bombs were dropped the President was encouraged to find a better use for this technology.
This is the only two nuclear weapons that have ever been use to date in history.

In conclusion these are jsut a few of the things that have happened in our country in these 15 years. We have had so many more things I could have added that are equally important. The advances out country makes each year is amazing especially in these early years. I hope you enjoy my take on these events in history.