Social Studies

In social studies, our class wrote an essay about technology from different periods and I wrote about 20th-century technology. This is my research below.

During the 20th century, there was lots of great technology that was invented during this period. Lots of these inventions were created to benefit World War one and two.  Some of these important inventions are Nuclear bombs,  World Wide Web, and Video games. Some of these inventions are still being used today.

An important invention that was made during the 20th century period was the Nuclear Bomb. The nuclear bomb benefited the United States during the second world war. While the war has ended in Europe, fighting in the pacific still continued between the Japanese and U.S troops. President Harry Turman called for Japan’s surrender with the Potsdam Declaration which was a statement called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces in late July, but Japan didn’t surrender. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped its first atomic bomb in Hiroshima Japan. Even though it benefited the US, it caused a lot of deaths and injuries. This is why it is an important invention in this time period. 

Another very important invention during the 20th century was the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web was originally used and developed so there would be a way for scientists in universities and institutes from around the world to share automated information-sharing. A British scientist, Sir Tim Burners-Lee wrote the first proposal the World Wide Web in 1989 and the second proposal in the 1990s. By the end of 1990, the first browser and web server were first run at CERN. CERN is a European research organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. The World Wide Web is an invention that is influential and is now used everywhere and is very important.

The third important invention that has changed the world is Video Games. Video games were invented to prove that science is not only used for war and destruction. The very first video game was made by a Physicist William Higinbotham in October 1958. The first video game was a simple tennis game called “Pong”. Video games have now reshaped the whole entertainment industry and it is now considered as a sport called Esports. This is why video games are an amazing invention. 

In summary, the inventions that were made in the 20th century period were all-important as they have changed the world and created history, like the nuclear bomb, the World Wide Web, and video games. These are all still used today and have shaped the world we live in.