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New Technology In The 1940's

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FDR once said “the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. And what i think that means is you’re afraid of the things that are changing around you and in the world. And many people in the 1940’s did and did not like the new technologies that were being invented because of ww2. Some of the new technologies the people liked were Tv’s, microwaves, new cars and many others. And some of the technologies the did not like were the weapons that were being invented because of ww2 one of the weapons was the atomic bombs. FDR was the 32nd president from 1933 to 1945 he was the president that led the country threw the second world war. But he died on april 12, 1945 he died shortly before the war was over. Some big events that

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