Unit 1 Aedan eash
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Updated: 19 Oct 2018
Intro to Business
Contributors
Created byAedan Eash
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Events
the colonists bartered, or traded, goods
and services.
ealy 1600'sA fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Company in New York City killed 146 workersThe Industrial Revolution
enabled the advent of big machines for producing goods.
This started the industry-based economy.Rapid movement of information, with the invention of the computer. (the information era)The government often uses a surplus to cut taxes, reduce
the national debt, or increase spending for certain programs.These slumps in economic activity
with increased unemployment were followed by new waves of
increased productivity and rises in GDP
also in the 1930's 1950's 1970's and the early part of 2000'smarked the beginning of the Great Depression.farming was a common way of life. also known as the agriculture eraEvery bank in the country closed for several days,
and many never reopened.The United States was only beginning to recover from the depression when World War II began.The Equal Pay Act (passed in 1964) requires
that men and women be paid the same wages for doing equal
work.In 1970, the U.S. government created the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), which enforces rules that protect the environment and control pollution.In the late l990s and the early part of the 21st century, a number
of major corporations reportedly kept inaccurate accounting records.The first year the association published an ethics code
(American Psychological Association)The first meeting was held on April 25, 1980, in Detroit, in conjunction with the meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Western Division.
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