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Civil War
The Confederacy Vs. The Union! Or the South Vs. the North in this war against slavery. The southern states were pro slavery and the northern were against it. All efforts were put into supllies for the war, food, weapons ect. -
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed any major forms of discrimination of different racial groups, religion, nationalites and women. So all were people were now equally accomidated. -
Invention and Production of the Typewriter
Now instead of hand writen documentation a new faster and more efficient way of documenting had been officially introduced to the public. -
Electric Lighting Production
Edison did not invent the light bulb, but he did influence it with his many great discoveries! The flow of eletrical current had been harnessed and contained within a glass bulb, illuminating and reflecting light. -
Carnegie Steel Company Founded
Steel, an important start to the next generation of mass production. Cars, trucks machines, buildings ect. will all soon rely on this strong industrial material. -
Morgan Consolidates U.S. Steel
Working together to produce more steel -
The "Jungle" is Published
A book written by Upton Sinclair gave readers behind the scenes insight on industry secrets. Readers were mostly concerned and enlighted shocked from his revealing secrets of the meatpacking industy. -
U.S. Immigration Hits a Peak
The year that "legal" immigration was at its peak. Since new Americas industries were booming plenty of jobs were supplied encouraging foriegners to live "The American Dream" Ellis Island had received 1,004,756 immigrants. -
Bakelite Is Introduced
AKA Plastic!! It was used in and to manufacture almost everything. Telephones, wire insulation, engine parts, containers, and packaging and much much more. -
Hallmark Launches
A teenage girl with big dreams leaves Nebraska to impact one of nthe biggest greeting card manufactures today. Hallmark was born -
Standard Oil Breakup
The Supreem Court ordered the breakup of standard oil. it was in violation of the anitrust act and was considered unfair in trade. -
The Assembly Line
Parts are sequtially put together in order generating a product at the end. It made hand built hand crafted out of the picture with this more efficient way of producing. Henry Ford produced the Model T by assembly line on this date. -
The Federal Reserve is Formed
It is our central banking system, it is to stabilize prices and moderate long term expences. Keeps a balnce in lending and spending. -
WWI
Production was steered towards supllies and materials needed for the war. -
The Panama Canal Opens
Opened up easier trade routes -
First Paid Radio Broadcasted Ad
A whole new turn for marketing in business advertising and marketing -
Wall Street Crashes
Largest stock market crash in the history of the United States, Foreshadowed the devestating events to come -
First Supermarket
Instead of going to your local farmers market for vegitables now supermarkets had it all from fruit to candy from meat to cheese, Americas new one stop shop. -
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
This act was passed to increase value of product. Farmers were limited to production and were to kill off any excess livestock and were restricted to certian areas of their land they were allowed to plant. -
The Federal Housing Administration
It insured loans made by banks and private lenders for building and buying homes. It was designed to improve living conditions and offered morgage loans. -
Hoover Dam
It was created to control floods, provide irrigation water and produce hydroelectric power -
The First Television Commercial Brodcast
TV the next and most well known form of comemercial broadcasting -
WWII
All resources and merterials went towards the war efforts -
Coca Cola Goes International
This popular soft drink began to be sold in all parts of the world. -
The Baby Boom
The baby population was higher than ever -
The Invention of the Transistor
Three Bell Labs scientists invented the transistor. Its the building block of all digital product we have and know of today! -
DISNEYLAND
A theme park all based on characters and themes of Walt Disney -
McDonald's Takes Off
Revolutionized fast food. Quick cheap and easy became very popular -
First Wallmart
Took supermarkets to the next level selling more than simply food -
Equal pay for equal work
Both men and women were payed the same amount for doing the same job. -
Surgeon General Warning on Cigarettes
The surgeon general reported that smoking causes lung cancer in men -
Washington Stagnation
Because women were now in the working world of the men. Wages began not increasing to compensate. -
Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines begins flying this year, openig up oppertunities to travel more easily -
The OPEC Oil Shock
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel. As allies we supported Israel and the arab nations relatiated with an oil embargo -
Microsoft and IBM Join up
Microsolft offered an operating system to IBM -
Chrysler gets Bailed Out
Crysler a top dog in the automotive industry goes bankrupt and the government has to bail them out -
Bull Market Begins
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Black Monday Crash
Lost 22% in stocks, marked the stock decline -
The Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall falls leading to the growth market capitalism -
Netscape
Netscape goes public offering web browsing -
AOL Flat-Rate Pricing
Has a flat , constant charge per month unlimited access -
Obama Assumed Office
Promises change, and other ideas for the economy -
U.S. manufacturing picks up
ISM shows the third month in growth in US manufactored products
