History of Business By condrano Jan 1, 1870 Civil War ended and Reconstruction begins Jan 1, 1880 Railroads and Business Tycoons Jan 2, 1890 Unskilled Labor Jan 1, 1907 U.S Immigration Rises Feb 10, 1910 Social Reform Dec 1, 1913 Ford Introduces Assembly Line Jul 15, 1914 Panama Canal Jan 1, 1920 Roaring Twenties Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression Oct 29, 1929 The Great Crash Aug 4, 1930 First U.S Supermarket Opens May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Signed Dec 17, 1935 The First DC-3 Flight Jun 1, 1941 First Commercial Television Broadcast Dec 7, 1941 World War II Jan 1, 1946 Baby Boomers Oct 5, 1954 Ray Kroc Buys McDonalds Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland Jun 29, 1956 Eisenhower creates Interstates Feb 1, 1958 First Credit Card Launched Jun 2, 1962 First Walmart Jun 10, 1963 Kennedy signs Equal Pay Act Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act Jul 30, 1965 Johnson Signs Medicare into Law Jan 1, 1971 Intel creates a Chip Microprocessor Jun 18, 1971 Southwest Airlines Begins Flying Jun 20, 1975 Jaws Released on Blockbuster Sep 9, 1995 Netscape Jan 1, 2004 Facebook Sep 1, 2008 Great Recession Mar 23, 2010 Obamacare Sep 12, 2017 Apple Reveals iPhoneX
