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Civil War ends.The North wins. society begins to move from agricultural to industrial
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite. leading to further uses for tunneling, mining, etc.
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The railroad was completed.
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Gold is discovered in South Dakota
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Barb wire was invented. Now ranchers can keep their cattle from roaming free.
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Alexander Graham Bell patens the telephone
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Thomas Edison uses the light bulb for a lamp. He enhanced it so people can now continue work into the night.
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Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher, which is now a everyday necessity.
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John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic tire, which now lead to many manufacturers of tires.
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Rudolf Diesel invents the first diesel powered internal combustion engine. it is a compression ignition, not a spark ignition.
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The first radio receiver received its first transmission. this will lead to the production of radios.
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Wright invents the first airplane using an engine they invented not needing wind for flight. Orville flew the plane for 12 second in North Carolina
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Henry Ford creates the model T. production line process begins to mass produce. Jobs now created.
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first full tv system completed. leads to major device, or marketing etc.
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Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon
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Sir Frank Whittle creates the first jet propulsion engine, but was not the first to fly. he took off in 1941
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Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter
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U.S involvement in WWII begins, economy rises due to job increase and production for war.
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WWII ends after the U.S drops the Nuclear bombs on Japan.
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First modern credit card invented, offered by Diners Club INC
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McDonalds was founded
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the creation of Interstates, signed by Eisenhower
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Desert Storm begins. US is in another war.
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Twin towers attack by plane hijackers. Twin towers collapse. lives lost, business go under.
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the Financial crisis of 2007-2008. housing markets crash. the economy enters a recession.
