Timeline

1870–1913 ∼ Rise of Mass Production

Widespread use of child labor (1870) / Railroads first to accomplish managerial revolution with professional managers (1880s) / Eight-hour work day inaugurated in Chicago (1886) / Henry Ford opens the Highland Park plant to begin mass-production (1913) / President Wilson establishes the United States Commission on Industrial Relations (1913)

MILESTONES: Indian Appropriation Act permits railroads to lay tracks across Indian lands (1871) • Yellowstone, the first national park, is established (1872) • First experiments with gasoline-powered engine (1876) • Invention of internal combustion engine (1876) • Sioux kill Custer’s men at Little Bighorn (1876) • Louis Pasteur first demonstrates use of antibiotics in France (1887) • Modern electric motor opens way for consumer appliances (1888) • Henry Ford begins production of the gas-powered automobile (1896) • Alaskan gold rush begins after the discovery of gold in the Klondike (1897) • Jack Johnson becomes first African American heavyweight boxing champion (1910) &bull...