1950's reserach paper

Some of the most influential inventions were invented in the 1950's. Things we use everyday were created in this 10 year span, things like barcodes, super glue, power steering, and even the first Mcdonalds was opened in 1955. The barcode revolutionized the shopping industry and changed the way people would purchase goods from stores. A lot do usefulness products for sure and all of them are still used every day, probably even every minute somewhere in the world.

The 1950's was an interesting time for Americans! The red scare, Cold War and countless other things were going on at the time. One of the main things going on in the world was the Cold War which was between The United States of America and the Soviet Union. During this time they would not talk to each other, there was no actual fighting going on. It was more of a war of words without words as some would say. They were arguing over political issues and communism. The baby boomers were during this time period as well. The baby boomer era was post WWII and was the result of thousands and thousands of men returning from the war and making babies. During the 1950’s people were still leery of putting their money in banks because what happened 20 years prior which was The Great Depression.

The Barcode was one of more significant inventions of the 1950’s it was first envisioned by Norman Joseph Woodland. He dreamed of a grocery store where people would purchase items and the price would be read through a punched card. His dream started to become a reality when Woodland started to work for IBM. It was at this job that he started designing and engineering the the first barcode reader. This was also when barcode became known as “Bulls Eye Code”. The first barcode r...

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...McDonald’s restaurants to cities and towns all across the United States. One year later in 1955 he started the McDonalds Corporation. By the year of 1958 McDonalds would sell its 100 millionth hamburger. Then in 1960, Ray Kroc bought the exclusive rights to the McDonald’s name. To this day McDonalds is still in business, and has restaurants all over the world. In fact the busiest McDonalds, which is located in Moscow, Russia, serves over 40,000 customers in a single day!

Without these inventions just think how different the world would be? If it wasn't for Ray Kroc there would most likely be no fast food chains around now. It's crazy to think that if Ray Kroc had not accidentally received a shipment of multi-mixers that were addressed to the Mcdonald brother, Mcdonalds would not exist. That's why some of the most influential inventions were invented in the 1950's.