Timeline 1920-2020

By Joshuaz021

  • The Market Revolution Begins

    From 1820-1840 (Levy, 2014 Pg. 48)

  • Erie canal begins

    1825
    the Erie canal connects which reduces transportation costs and helping trades.
    (Levy, 2014,Pg.52)

  • the panic of 1837

    1837 where a major financial crisis occurred (Levy, 2014, Pg. 79

  • California Gold Rush

    1848-1855
    California discovers Gold
    (Levy, 2014, pg.134)

  • Homestead Act

    1862
    a offer of 160 acres of land in the west (Levy, 2014,Pg. 194)

  • completion of the railroad

    1869
    first railroad to joined helping the world with transportation.
    (Levy, 2014,Pg. 233)

  • The Great railroad strike

    1877
    workers going on strike after massive wage cuts by railroad companies.
    (Levy, 2014,Pg. 266)

  • standard oil and large corporation birth

    1880
    large corporations begin to rise and standard oil become a monopoly.
    (Levy, 2014,Pg. 301)

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    1890
    law passed to limit monopoly and to restore the competition (Levy, 2014,Pg. 319)

  • federal reserve Act

    1913 U.S.A government create a system to stabilize the banks. (Levy, 2014,Pg. 377)

  • U.S.A enters WW1

    1917
    prepares the country economy for the war
    (Levy, 2014, pg.442)