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Civil War Ends
The end of the Civil War -
Carnegie's Steel Plan
Carnegie opes his first steel plant -
Assembly Line
Ransom Olds creates assembly line to keep up with the high production of "horseless carriages" -
Federal Reserve System
The central bank of the United States. -
World War One
WW1 1914-1918 -
The Great Depression
The Great Crash is when the stock market had its first crash in history. -
Bank of American
Bank of America was founded. -
World War 2
WW2: 1939-1945 -
McDonald's Beginning
The McDonald brothers start their burger stand. -
Franklin National Bank
Franklin National Bank issued its first credit card for loan customers. -
McDonald's
Kroc owns McDonald's and business is taking off. -
Interstates
Eisenhower creates the interstates -
First Credit Card
Bank of America launches its first credit card -
First Man in Space
First man in space, Yuri Gagarin, from Russia -
Wal-Mart
The first ever Wal-Mart opened. -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon -
Intel
Intel creates single chip microprocessor -
The Black Monday Crash
Another stock market crash -
Sept. 11th, 2001
Attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, PA. -
The first iPod
Apple starts selling the first iPod -
The Great Recession
The stock market crashed and the world went into a recession -
Housing Market
Case-Shiller home price index reported the lowest drop for housing prices -
iPad
Apple starts selling the first iPad -
Hurrican Sandy
Affecting the north east coast. Damaging homes, businesses, schools and towns.
