U.S. Business from Civil War to Present By cgrig3 May 20, 1862 Homestead Act passed Mar 10, 1876 Telephone Invented Nov 18, 1882 US adopts standard time Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island becomes chief immigration center of US Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt became President Sep 1, 1918 Influenza Epidemic strikes worldwide Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression began Sep 1, 1939 World War II Oct 24, 1945 United Nations established Jan 31, 1958 Exporer I is launched- 1st American Satellite Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr.- "I Have a Dream" speach Jul 1, 1971 26th Amendment Ratified- Voting age lowered to18 Jan 1, 1981 IBM introduced 1st personal Computer Jan 16, 1991 Persian Gulf War Oct 17, 2006 US Census- population of US has reached 300 Million Oct 1, 2013 Government shuts down 16 days- Congress fails to agree on a budget Mar 1, 2014 Ebola first reported- spreads quickly
