US History of Business By jberkezchuk Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Sep 1, 1865 Reconstruction Era (accurate specific day and month not included) Sep 3, 1882 Rockefeller establishes monopolies Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act regulates business Sep 4, 1907 Panic of 1907 May 15, 1911 Supreme Court ends Standard Oil monopoly Sep 4, 1929 Great Depression Sep 1, 1939 World War II Sep 4, 1946 Baby boom Sep 3, 1958 Bank of America launches first credit card Sep 3, 1971 Intel invents single chip microprocessor Sep 3, 1973 OPEC Oil crisis Oct 19, 1987 Black Monday crash Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls Sep 4, 1998 Google founded Oct 23, 2001 1st Line of iPod released
