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The Confederate troops fired upon fort sumter against union troops which started the war. -
this was when the South officially surrendered and the war came to a halt. -
Lincoln was assassinated in Peterson's house shortly after the end of the civil war. -
This was invented by Thomas Edison and it revolutionized almost all parts of civilization. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in saint paul Minnesota to a middle-class catholic family. -
His father's business failed a year after his birth prompting a move to buffalo new york. -
He began school in 1903 and went to two catholic schools in his time. -
His first piece of fiction was published in the local news paper at the age of 13 -
this was his first love and served as his muse for many of his books including the great gatsby. -
Marks the start of the first world war and all that follows. -
he joined the army and served at a training camp under future president dwight eisenhower. -
America joins the war in early 1917 and fights for it's remainder. -
he returns from war and meets zelda sayre and sees a new romance in blossom -
WW1 ends with the Treaty of versia and the defanging of Germany -
He could not show financial success so the engagement was broken off. -
he threatens suicide and he returns to his hometown as a failure. He then revises his works and writes of his experiences -
The 19th Amendment was passed on June 4th, 1919 and it gave women the right to vote. -
this marks the start of prohibition and the rise of crime and the smuggling of alcohol. -
His book became an instant success and his previously rejected stories where published all over the nation. This also resulted in him and Zelda getting re-engaged. -
Prohibition ended after 13 years due to its complete failure in both practice and theory. -
The second world war began when Hitler invades Poland. -
This is the day that America goes to war officially with the Axis powers. -
This was the decisive point of the offensive to reclaim France and to start moving into german countryside. -
this is when both Germany and Italy have been conquered and surrendered, so only Japan remains. -
This ends with the Japanese surrender after two bombs are dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima