Inventions of the 1920 s The 1920 s was a decade full of new and fascinating innovations andcreations. It was also a very busy time for improving inventions created justbefore the 1920 s. These new inventions changed life in a drastic way foreveryone back then as well as for the people of our modern era. The roaring 20 sas they were called yielded literally thousands of new ideas and products for theever-craving people of the time. As the economy boomed people ended up withlots of extra money and a hunger for luxury, comfort, and simplicity. Along withthat everyone wanted entertainment to keep there now simple lives occupied. Even medicine and defense technology took huge leeps during this era. To indulge the peoples needs for luxury and simplicity, products such astea-bags, hair dryers, toasters, mass produced automobiles, and frozen foods wereinvented in the 1920 s These products along with many others made life moresimple and more exciting. Now people could travel all over and still have time todo lots of other things. These new inventions also made the common housewifeespecially happy, as many kitchen and household items were created that cutcooking, cleaning, and other chore times in half. This gave woman more time totake things up like shopping, dancing, and enjoying other out of the houseactivities. Cars alone changed the whole country as Henry Ford created anessembly line that could produce millions of cars at a very reasonable price to thepublic. This new industry led to many other inventions along with huge economicbenefits to the country. Accessories such as windshield wipers, starters, andothers were created to make automobiles more luxurious. Now that the whole country had so many new inventions to save time andmake things more relaxing, they needed things to help entertain them in this sparetime. During this era many magazines, recreational sports, and visual stimuli wereinvented. In 1923 Briton Halden created Time magazine and soon after camemany others. In 1922 Water skis were invented and then in 1929 the first snowmobile came out. Along with these inventions came probably the most knownfrom the 20 s, the television. The TV was created in the early 1920 s and was thenperfected by Charles Jenkins in 1923. After a slow start, TV s soon became verypopular. Along with the TV came advertising, which became huge mostly throughcommercials on TV and on radios. The television gave people a direct link toentertainment, news, and advertising and at the time it gave the whole country
something to have in common. At about the same time came motion pictures. Inthe 1920 s sound and color were added to give them even more attractiveness. Radios also became a huge advancement in the 1920 s. Even though radios hadbeen invented, they were never used widespread until the 1920 s when they wereupgraded to a higher quality and given a better transmission through the use of analternator created in 1922 by Ernest Alexanderson. Even electric jukeboxes cameout in 1927 which instantly became a hit. In the 1920 s many new medicines came out that helped save many lives. In1922 insulin was invented for those with Diabetes. In 1928 Penicillin wasinvented by Alexander Fleming to help prevent certain infections. A TB vaccinewas invented in 1923 along with a vaccine for the ever-present whooping-cough. During this decade also came the use of microsurgery and x-rays. The everpopular Kleenex and Band-Aid were also invented in the 1920 s. Along withthese many good life saving inventions came some destructive ones. First camethe utilization and advancement of the airplane. In the early 1900 s the Wrightbrothers created a flying machine. It wasn t until several years later that the USgovernment took advantage of this and in 1921 turned these planes into muchmore dependable and deadly weapons as they were turned into bombers andfighter planes. This was not the only use of them however as they were used todeliver mail which led to the popular idea of air transport. This idea quicklycaught on to businesses and by the end of the decade hundreds of planes weredelivering all kinds of cargo across the country. In 1920 the creation of thesubmachine gun (Tommy Gun) made a very destructive atmosphere as they wereused in crime as well as War. At the very end of the decade came the creation ofthe first submarine which also came to play a huge role in defense and destruction. Two other significant inventions in this field were helicopters and radar. As you have seen the 1920 s was a decade of large growth in technologyand in advancement. Thousands of inventions were created and patented duringthis ten year period. Most of them changed the lives of the people back then asmuch as they do now. Because of the inventions of this era we have automobiles,television, penicillin, insulin, and many other simple things that make our lives alot easier and more manageable. This decade may have well been one of the mostimportant and influential decades that the US has ever had.
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