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African Americans Gain Right to vote women still not allowed to vote.
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Levi Strauss starts a revolution in the clothing industry, creating a huge market for other companies to take advantage of.
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- Federal troops sent to Vicksburg to protect Blacks
- Civil Rights Act passed
- 44th Congress has eight Black members
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One of the most prolific American businesses is formed through the merger of Thomas Edison's Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston
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J.P. Morgan combined ten separate companies, including Carnegie Steel, to form US Steel.
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Warner Brothers showed their first film at their home in Youngstown, Ohio
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Written about poverty and the struggles immigrants faced in society, The Jungle also portrayed the many flaws and hazards in the meatpacking industry which influenced many new regulations in factories in the United States.
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In 1907, 1,285,349 people immigrated to the United States. These immigrants greatly contributed to the workforce and increased job market competition.
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General Motor, one of the worlds largest corporations, incorporated the Buick Motor Company and the Olds Motor Vehicle Company.
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Also called taylorism, this theory of managment analyzed and combined workflow steps. Its main objective was to improve economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.
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Following many anti-monopoly legislations prior, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Standard Oil be dissolved under the Sherman Antitrust Act and split into 33 companies. Two of these companies were Jersey Standard ("Standard Oil Company of New Jersey"), which eventually became Exxon, and Socony ("Standard Oil Company of New York"), which eventually became Mobil.
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The central banking system of the United State, the federal reserve was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act.
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The assembly line developed for the Ford Model T began, an innovation that revolutionized factories to this day.
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The ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean opened many important new oppurtunities for international trade and shipping.
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Science Industry was given a boost
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Business's can expand into the Virgin Islands
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workers on the railroad now work eight hous a day.
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unions and industries now have a department held in Washington D.C.
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Canada and the United States now can exchange mail. Making it easier for industrial expansion with new business's
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Licoln and Ford join toghether, becoming one of the biggest companies in the car industry.
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The Walt Disney era begins
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NSDAP a huge part of our economy is elected in Munich, Germany
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The first big national radio network
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United States oil companies now can use Mexican oil
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air industry now can take to great heights
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U.S. national broadcasting becomes the first and number one station in America.
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"black friday" in berlin becomes part of stock exchange
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Air condition business is created
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The postal office service adds more stamps
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Pan Am emerges to #1 airline in the world
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Germany becomes communist. United States stops doing business with the Republic with Germany
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The Hoover Dam created many jobs for people. It also created natural enegry
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World's most famous bridge is opened, a gate way to future bridges
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U.S. military makes sure ford motor company makes bullets for army.
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1st mobile electric power plant delivered, The age of electricity begins.
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the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
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Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion). Sears checks biggest check ever recoreded
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1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite increased communication possibilities for business and society in general.
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(Automated Teller Machine) was invented in 1967 by John Shepherd-Barron in 1967.
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Largest airplane makes its first commerical flight.
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NASA, the u.s.a space program launches to the moon. The crew is unable to land, returns in 6 days. Science industry sees a big boost
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Disney world opens in 1971
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George Steinbrenner the third buys the Yankees from CBS
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Apple Inc computer was founded by Steve Jobs.
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1st postage stamp copyrighted
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market crashed
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First pirate radio was created. A new theme for the radio industry
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first verison of microsoft realeased
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FDA approves sale of aids treatment
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NYC transit fare rises 15 cents.
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AT&T lst loss in 103 years
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Sales tax on consumer goods & services
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Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the U.S.
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Dvd player was invented in 1995
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Space shuttle launches into space
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Google was launched.
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wikipedia was founded
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world trade center attacked by terrorists
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Xbox came out
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The social network Myspace was launched in 2003
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Youtube, now a subsidary of Google LLC, was launched
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Iphone was invented by Steve Jobs
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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion dollars
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Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become president.
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Steve Jobs died
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700,000 Toyota vehicles recalled
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Apple became the largest company
