Essay On 1930s Technology

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1930s Technology
Throughout the 1930s, the American people were financially struggling because of several nation wide crisis, like the Great Depression, for example. The Great Depression was a dramatic incline in unemployment and poverty, caused by the Stock Market crash of 1929 (History.com). American people during the Great Depression were not only losing all of their money, but they also were losing the ability to afford enough food to survive. Approximately seven million American citizens had starved to death before the end of the Great Depression (History.com). At its peak, the Great Depression had left about 25% of the American population unemployed (Great Depression). Although the Great Depression was extremely depriving of America's economy and people, it lead to many technological advances.
American technology during the 1930s, was enhancing and developing the economy, which admittedly needed a lot of help. The development of the magnetic tape recorder in 1930 was one of many inventions (Magnetic Recording). The …show more content…

Russian aviation engineer, Igor Sikorsky, immigrated to the United States in order to flee socialist Russia. Igor created the VS-300 in 1939 (Igor Sikorsky Aviation Pioneer). The helicopter, once perfected, made rescue and medical missions extremely faster and more effective (Igor Sikorsky Aviation Pioneer). During the Great Depression, Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1932. His goal was to bring America’s obliterated economy, back to one of the strongest throughout the world. World War II was soon to come, which meant America could restore their economy, by using the war. The helicopter was introduced as a military operated vehicle, but with limited use, for it was still being developed (Igor Sikorsky Aviation Pioneer). The helicopter was such an effective invention back then, and continues to be in modern day

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