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Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first legislation enacted by Congress to curb concentrations of power that interfere with trade and reduce economic competition. (“Trusts” are a kind of business monopoly.)
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed of the author of the National Anthem.
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Upon the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley, his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes president. Roosevelt takes office with progressive ideas and hopes to reform several arenas of American society.
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Orville made the famous first flight. The flight took place at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December 17, 1903. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and they flew for 120 feet.
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1908, when his son was twelve, the family returned to St. Paul and lived comfortably on Mollie Fitzgerald’s inheritance.
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The RMS Titanic was a British cruise ship that sank on April 15, 1912, during its first voyage from England to New York. Over 1,500 people died.
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July 28 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia begins mobilizing its troops. A month after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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In 1917, the National Women's Party was formed to help fight for women's rights. Leaders such as Alice Paul and Lucy Burns organized protests in Washington.
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As a member of the Princeton Class of 1917, Fitzgerald neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship.
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Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry.
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Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919 and returned to St. Paul to rewrite his novel as This Side of Paradise.
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Sometimes the Roaring Twenties is also called the "Age of Jazz." Jazz music became very popular across the United States during the 1920s.
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The publication of This Side of Paradise on March 26, 1920 made the 24-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight, and a week later he married Zelda Sayre in New York.
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Shortly after their arrival in France, Fitzgerald completed his most brilliant novel, The Great Gatsby (1925).
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On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed. This day is known as Black Tuesday and it signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.
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The Empire State Building is one of the most famous skyscrapers in the world. It is located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. When the building was completed in 1931 it was the tallest skyscraper in the world.
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In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president. He promised the people of America a "New Deal."
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In 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified that repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and ended prohibition.
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World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany.
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A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music, ranging from the abstract to depictions of mythology and fantasy, and settings including the prehistoric, supernatural, and sacred.
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Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 at the age of forty-five, leaving his final novel, The Last Tycoon, unfinished.
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In April of 1942 (when about 5,000 television sets were in operation).
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The Cold War began not too long after World War II ended in 1945. Although, the Soviet Union was an important member of the Allied Powers, there was great distrust between the Soviet Union and the rest of the Allies.
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