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Sherman Antitrust Law
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. It was named for Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who was a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes. -
Thomas Edison Kinetoscope
The finished 'Kinetoscope' could, if Edison’s original vision had prevailed, turned out quite different. -
Cuban Rebellion
The Cubans burst through this dam at the end of the century with the War of 1895. This war, though a near victory because of Spain’s political, strategic, operational, and tactical mistakes, ended in American domination of Cuba. -
Born
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. During its heyday in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines, leading to the acquisition of overseas territory by the United States. -
Boxer Rebellion
In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion (or the Boxer Uprising), a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
Ladies Home Jounal
In the April issue of the Ladies' Home Journal, Grover Cleveland writes, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence." -
Henry Ford
October. Henry Ford introduces the Model T. It sells for about $850, gets about 25 miles to a gallon of gas, and can, says Ford, be purchased in any color the buyer wishes, as long as the buyer wants black. Colors were added the next year. By 1926, the year before the Model A replaces the Model T, the price drops to $310. -
Change
However, Edward Fitzgerald lost his job with Procter & Gamble in 1908, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was 12, and the family moved back to St. Paul to live off of his mother's inheritance. -
White Slave Traffic Act
Mann Act adopted by Congress to stop the transportation of women across state lines for "immoral purposes" and to stem the importation of European women to work in American brothels. This law becomes known as the "white slave traffic act," and in the next few years, alarm about the "white slave trade" grows rapidly. -
Henry Ford v2
Henry Ford adopts the conveyor-belt technology developed by the meat-packers. -
College
After graduating from the Newman School in 1913, Fitzgerald decided to stay in New Jersey to continue his artistic development at Princeton University. -
Leo Frank
17 August. In a famous case, Leo Frank, who had been convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan in a climate of anti-Semitism, is lynched in Marietta, Georgia. The group responsible calls itself the Knights of Mary Phagan, which becomes a revived Ku Klux Klan. -
First Novel
Afraid that he might die in World War I with his literary dreams unfulfilled, in the weeks before reporting to duty, Fitzgerald hastily wrote a novel called The Romantic Egotist. -
Marriage
Moved to New York City hoping to launch a career in advertising lucrative enough to convince Zelda to marry him. -
Atgonne Forest
26 September. 896,000 American troops join 135,000 French soldiers in an attack at Argonne Forest. -
Presidental Election
Elections: The Republican Party nominates Warren G. Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge for vice-president. The Democrats nominate James M. Cox for president and Franklin Delano Roosevelt for vice-president. The Socialist Labor Party nominates Eugene V. Debs as its presidental candidate, although Debs is in jail serving a 10-year sentence for controversial speeches delivered during World War I -
Child
They had one child, a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald, born in 1921. -
Second Novel
In 1922, Fitzgerald published his second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned, the story of the troubled marriage of Anthony and Gloria Patch -
The Teapot Dome
The Teapot Dome scandal erupts as the deal between Harry F. Sinclair of Mammoth Oil and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall is revealed. Fall had illegally leased federal lands to Sinclair's company without calling for competitive bids; after the investigation, Fall is the first cabinet member in U. S. history to go to jail. -
Gatsby
Seeking a change of scenery to spark his creativity, in 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France, and it was there, in Valescure, that Fitzgerald wrote what would be credited as his greatest novel, The Great Gatsby. -
First Flight
Richard Byrd makes the first flight over the North Pole. -
Aftermath
After he completed The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's life began to unravel. Always a heavy drinker, he progressed steadily into alcoholism and suffered prolonged bouts of writer's block. -
Model A - Henry Ford
20 October. The Ford Model A, the successor to the Model T, is produced under great secrecy. Production lines have been shut down and retooled to produce it. Public curiosity is finally satisfied on December 2 when the car goes on sale. By 1929, 1.5 million Model A cars had been sold. Songs like the humorous "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie" celebrated the Model A. -
Mental Breakdown
In 1930, she suffered another breakdown and was treated at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland, and that same year was admitted to a mental health clinic in Switzerland. Two years later she was treated at the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
