INTRODUCTION The post-World War II era has provided new opportunities for the people of the United States to explore and develop new technologies that have fundamentally changed the United States; for example, a treatment for polio, space exploration, introduction to computers, advancements in the weapons industry, automobile industry, and color television, etc. With all the technological advances, how has technology changed the United States? The article will discuss the technological changes that occurred in each era from 1945 to 2000. The article will present the most important inventions and technological changes of each decade; also, changes in people's lives and the positive or negative impact on society, politics and the economy. The ceaseless parade of new technologies has unfolded since 1945. The technological changes that have occurred have altered the economic or social landscape, but have also disrupted the way people lived and worked before the 1950s. The availability of resources, land, labor, entrepreneurial prestige, and free markets all contributed to America's rapid technological changes. AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THE LATE 1940s (1945-1949) Technology played a crucial role in determining the outcome of World War II. Much of it developed during the interwar years through to the 1920s and 1930s. However, evolutionary changes in technology occurred in the early and late 1940s. The customization of technology occurred in the United States as soldiers continued to fight overseas. These include weapons, logistical support, communications, intelligence equipment, medicines and industrial changes. As for armaments, some of the technological upgrades have occurred in ships, military vehicles, aircraft, artillery, missiles, and light, biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons... middle of paper... 0. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/7-technologies-to-thank-the-1970s-for-657269.Ritchie, Patrick. “Credit: The Foundation of Lending.” In The Credit Road Map: A Practical Guide to Navigating Good Credit, 21-23. Tempe, AZ: Success Road Map Press LLC, 2006.Schoener, Steven E. “The Digital Revolution.” Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. Last modified: May 5, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20081007132355/http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/digital.html.Shmoop. "Science and Technology in the 1950s." Accessed November 10, 2013. http://www.shmoop.com/1950s/science-technology.html.Wetzel, James R. “American Families: 75 Years of Change.” US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed November 12, 2013. http://www.bls.gov/mlr/1990/03/art1full.pdf.Young, William H., and Nancy K. Young. The 1950s. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004.