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.