From the Civil War to Now: US Business

By Richard.yuan

  • first modern car

    first modern car
    karl benz

  • First flight

    First flight
    By the wright brothers

  • New York Subway

    First subway built

  • World War 1

    World War 1 Begins

  • Roaring Twenties

    Roaring Twenties
    A period of great economic prosperity in the United States.

  • World War 2

    World War 2 begins.

  • Birthyear of Silicon Valley Tycoons

    Birthyear of Silicon Valley Tycoons
    Bill Gates, October 28. Steve Jobs, February 24. Eric Schmidt, April 27. Paul Allen, January 21, 1953. Steve Ballmer, March 24, 1956.

  • End of Civil War, dawn of nation

    Civil war ended with Lee's surrender

  • Dawn of Gamestop

    Dawn of Gamestop
    Year 2000, Funco changed its name to Gamestop.

  • Terrorist Attack

    Terrorist Attack
    Al-Qaeda attacked

  • Recession

    Global Recession

  • First freely programmable computer!

    Dawn of modern technology era, would grow for around 100 years!