Business: Civil War to Present Day

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  • The Civil War

    The Civil War
    The Civil War began.

  • The Indian War

    The Indian War
    War between American settlers and natives.

  • First Railroad Completed

    First Railroad Completed
    The railroad was built between Omaha and Sacramento.

  • First Telephone Invented

    First Telephone Invented
    The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike

  • First Car Invented

    First Car Invented
    Invented by Frank and Charles Duryea.

  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War
    War between Spain and the United States.

  • Phillippene American War

    Phillippene American War
    War between the United States and the Filipino revolutionaries.

  • First Plane Invented

    First Plane Invented
    Invented by the Wright Brothers.

  • First Ford Car Made

    First Ford Car Made

  • World War I

    World War I

  • Television Was Introduced

    Television Was Introduced

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    Stock market crashed.

  • U.S Securities and Exchange Commission

    U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
    U.S Securities and Exchange Commission was established.

  • World War II

    World War II

  • Office of Price Administration

    Office of Price Administration
    Office of Price Administration was established.

  • The Employment Act

    The Employment Act
    The Employment Act was signed into law.

  • The Mutual Security Act

    The Mutual Security Act
    United States federal law.

  • Equal Pay Act

    Put into law for genders to be paid equally.

  • Apple

    Apple
    Apple Inc. was introduced.

  • Motorola

    Motorola
    The first Motorola Cell Phone created.

  • The Gulf War

    The Gulf War

  • War in Afghanistan

  • World Trade Center

    World Trade Center
    World Trade Center attacked.