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The Good Ol' Days (1911-1927
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Standard Oil 1911
Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil -
Transcontinental US Flight 1912
1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Florida -
16th Amendment 1913
16th Amendment, establishing an income tax--Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913 -
Henry Ford 1913
Henry Ford develops the modern assembly line -
Federal Reserve 1913
Federal Reserve Act -
ABC Powers 1914
ABC Powers Conference-- the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, which are seen as three of the most powerful and wealthy countries in South America. -
WWI 1914
World War I begins in Europe -
FTC 1914
Federal Trade Commission created -
Antitrust Act 1914
Clayton Antitrust Act enacted -
Stamps 1915
Postage stamp costs 2 cents. -
Ford Auto 1915
1 millionth Ford car rolls off the assembly line at the River Rouge plant in Detroit -
National Park Service 1916
US National Park Service implemented -
War with Germany 1917
US declares war with Germany -
Raggedy Ann 1917
Patent given for Raggedy Ann doll -
Pandemic! 1918
Influenza pandemic -
Time Zones and DST 1918
Time zones are officially established by an act of the United States Congress with daylight savings time to go into effect on March 31. -
USA Industrial Output 1919
USA overtakes Europe as total industrial output -
Population and auto boon 1920
The population of the USA is 105 million
Eight million USA citizens own a car -
Band Aid 1920
Earle Dickson invents the band-aid -
Prohibition 1920
Alcohol is outlawed ("Prohibition") -
KDKA 1920
KDKA (Pittsburgh) is the first commercial radio station in the USA -
Valentino 1921
Rudolph Valentino becomes the first male sex symbol -
Ciggies 1921
43 billion cigarettes are sold in the USA -
Western Union 1921
Western Union transmitted its first halftone photograph -
GM Cars 1921
General Motors introduces cars for every market brackets -
US and British Debt 1923
The British and US governments signed an agreement formalizing Britain’s war deb obligations to the US. -
Exclusion Act 1924
The USA Congress passes the Exclusion Act prohibiting futher immigration from Japan. -
First Female Governor 1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming -
Chrysler Auto Founded 1925
Walter Percy founds Chrysler Auto Corporation -
Sounds and Music in Films 1926
Films with synchronized voice and music are introduced. -
Babe Ruth 1927
Babe Ruth makes 70K/year as highest paid baseball player.