-
Civil War 1861
-
Rockefeller creates Standard Oil trust
-
American Federation of Labor
Created hours, wages, and rules for work conditions. Used strikes as tatic to get what they wanted. -
Vogue magezine begins publication
Founded by Arthur Tumure -
American Railway Union
Skilled and unskilled workers banned together to fight for higher wages, and less hour per work week. -
The airplane was created
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first ever, powered aircraft. -
Model T was introduced in 1908 by Henry Ford
Utimately created the assembly line as well. -
World War I
-
Raggedy Ann Doll
New York toy firm begins manufacturing of Raggedy Ann Doll in 1915. Grows into a 20 million-a-year product. -
Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
Women have the right to vote. -
Stock Market falls
Banks become broke as do the people of the U.S. -
World War II
Beginning of the Second World War. -
And end comes to World War II
Japan surrenders. -
Invention of the credit card
Created when a man accidentally left his wallet at home and could not pay for dinner. -
Cell phone (ring, ring!)
Created by Martin Cooper and his teammates at Motorola. Roughly the size of a brick, and was not sold commercially yet, but it worked. -
CD player comes about
Compact portable disc player brought onto the market commercially for the first time in 1982. -
Bill Clinton elected President
First president to lower the U.S.A's debt by 50 % -
Birth of Google
Larry Page founded the world's largest search engine. -
9/11
Twin Towers were subjects of terrorist's attack on U.S. -
Ipod
First line of ipods were released. -
Facebook
Originally known as, "Facemash," to Harvard students. Later became, "Facebook," in 2005 after Sean Parker bought the domain name for $200 billion. -
Great "Recession"
Titled as the worst global recession since WW II -
Great "Recession" ends
Economy peaks upward from following years.
