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Jan 1, 1200
Inca Empire 1200-1600 CE
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Jan 1, 1450
1450 Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1532
Spanish Invasion of Incan Empire
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Dec 11, 1532
Spanish Invade Incan Empire
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First English Language Sheets Appear in Amsterdam
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Puritans Settle in Massachusetts
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Ben Franklin Arrives in Philadelphia
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Stamp Act
New taxes imposed on stamps by Parliament. Paper expensive. Start of anger against Parliament in the colonies, "taxation without representation." -
Declaration of Independance Signed
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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1835-39 Louis Daguerre Perfects Copper Plate Imaging
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U.S. Mexican War
1846-1848. Gained CA. -
First Interconnection Treaty Signed
The first telegraph interconnection treaty was signed between Prussia and Austria. Messages could now be sent from Vienna to Berlin. -
Three Main Narratives in the Press
The Abolitionist Press: slavery is a moral evilThe Unionist Press: the Union must be preservedThe Secessionist Press: personal liberty and private property are moral goods -
Underwater Telegraph Cable Between France and England
Paid for by the governments of France and England, the General Oceanic and Subterranean Electric Printing Telegraph Company laid one of the first long-distrance underwater telegraph cables. The first message was transmitted in 1852 between London and Paris. -
George Archer Perfects Glass Plate Imaging
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Civil War Begins
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Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed
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Emancipation Proclamation
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New York Draft Riots
Riots in response to men being drafted into war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War -
The Black Press
Press that was a forum for black dissent. -
Civil War Ends
Bloodiest war in American History, most U.S. casualties ever. -
Edison Invents Electric Light
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Alexander Bell Recieves First Patent for the Telephone
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Women Work as Telephone Switches
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George Eastman Invents Celluloid Film Imaging
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Lumiere Brothers Perfect Edison's System
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Writing Originates in Crete 1900 BCE
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Ships Crash Off Nantucket Coast, Most Lives Saved by Radio
When ships Republic and Florida crashed off the coast of Nantucket, the distress signals sent by operator Jack Binns for both ships saved most of the 1,200 people on the ships. -
Radio Act of 1912
This act was passed soon after the sinking of the Titanic. It required that all radio operators, amateurs as well, be licensed and barred anyone but those specifically allowed from transmitting messages on main commercial and military wavelengths. -
World War I
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FTC Established
Federal Trade Commission. Established in part to regulate advertising. -
The Creel Committee
1917-1919. The engineering of consent was Creel's idea that by developing specific ideas and disseminating them to public, it could influence public opinion. Using propaganda as the mechanism. -
1918 Sedition Act
One of the first acts of War censorship.Prohibitted "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" to be printed etc. -
Panel Switches Become Popular
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Number of Female Manufacturerers Increases Significantly
The number of femal telephone swtichers more than double from 1900 to 1920. The number rose from 256 in 1900 to 800 in 1920. -
NBC Established
David Sarnoff establishes NBC, National Broadcasting Corporation. -
CBS Created
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Radio Act of 1927
Gave government control of all channels and uses of radio for the "public interest, convenience, and neccessity." -
Financial Crisis
Start of the Great Depression. Per capita income drops almost 30% by 1932. Salary decrease of 40%. -
Hays Code Adopted
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The New Deal.
1933-1936. Put in place by Roosevelt. Created in response to the Depression: Relief, Recovery, Reform. -
Anschluss
Murrow, CBS Talk relation in Europe, broadcasts live the arrival of Hitler in Vienna, Austria after the Nazi Annex. -
1939 Television Introduced at RCA World Fair
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Office of Censorship during World War II
1939-1945. Established Code of Wartime Practices. Oversaw the "voluntary" censorship of the press. Only violated a couple of times. -
D-Day
Allies invade Western Europe. -
Rise of Rock'n'Roll
Little Richard-LucilleAllan Freed plays Rhythm and Blues, music by black musicians, on the radio. Becomes popular with white teenagers. -
Murrow's See It Now Broadcasts
One of Murrow's See It Now ShowsTalked about McCarthy, who was an anit-communist, socialist zealot. -
Vietnam War
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Transitor and Printed Circuit Boards Invented
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Writing Originates in Central America 600 BCE
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Pentagon Papers Released in NYT
A collection of papers from the DOD documenting war efforts during Vietnam War. Showed that the Johnson administration had lied to the public and Congress. -
Watergate Affair
1972-1972. Nixon had bugged the White House and was later forced to turn over the tapes. Also caught involved in the break in by five men into the Democratic National Convention. -
Kent State University Protest
Students protest Vietnam War. National Guard tried to subdue crowd and ended up killing 4 students. -
Peter Zenger Tried for Sedition/Libel
One of the first cases regarding libel in print media. -
Reagan Elected President
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Operation Urgent Fury
Invasion of Grenada. First U.S. press blackout. -
Operation Desert Storm
Gulf War, in response to Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Under President H.W. Bush -
AT&T Replaces American Bell as Parent of Bell Systems
Bell Systems properties included regional operating companies, long lines, and Western Electric. -
Edison's Kinetoscope
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RCA Established
Radio Corporation of America. Regulated what was allowed on the radio.
