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James Gatz is born in Noth Dakota. He is who the book is based upon.
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Nick Carraway was born in Minnesota, coming from a well situated family. He is the narrator of the novel.
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Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Pual Minnesota. He is the author of "The Great Gatsby".
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The Spanish and American war breaks out over Cuba. There was a conflict bewteen the Spanish and America but America took the victory.
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Daisy Fay was born into a wealthy family in Louisville. Her home was based on a military ground and she become popular amongst the military men, which includes James (Jay) Gatz.
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Zelda Sayre was born in Montgomery later becoming F. Scott Fitzgeralds wife. Before him, she was a American socialite and novelist.
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Fitzgerald took the job to be a salesman in New York because of his failed furniture factory in St Paul.
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An American silent short western film produced and directed by Edwin S. Porter. Eventhough it was a western film, it was created in New Jersey.
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The Wright brothers developed their first flying machine. They are the ones that made controlled flight possible.
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Fitzgerald was an unsuccessful saleman in New York, which is why he decided to move back to St. Paul with his wife. In St. Paul, Fitzgerald attends the St. Paul Academy.
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When Fitzgerald was 14 he wrote "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortage" which appears in print for the first time.
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The white slave traffic act was passed. This law made it illegal to transport women for an "immortal purpose."
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Newman school is a catholic prep school in New Jersey. Fitzgerald was encouraged by Sigourney Fay, from school, to make his writing a career. in 1913 Fitzgerald graduated.
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The Titanic sunk in the morning of april 15th killing 1,500 people. The ship was going from southampton, UK to New York City when it cashed into a boulder causing the ship to sink.
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Amendment XVI allowed taxes to be covered by the states or the U.S and not from direct individuals.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assinated causing world war 1 to break out in Europe.
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The Lusitania was a British ship sent to complete Noth Atlanic trade. On May 7th the ship was sunk by a German U-boat torpedoe killing 1,198 passengers.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin was elected to the United States Congress coming from Montana.
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FItzgerald makes it into Princeton Universirty but almost fails out. Instead he decides to join the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. After, he bgan writing the novel The Romantic Egoist.
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World War 1 ends before Fitzgerald leaves the military. He was to have regret towards not going into combat.
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Fitzgerald hopes to marry Zelda but gets turned down because she thought he was a failure due to his lack of fame and wealth. In contrast, he ended up getting an editor soon after that turned his novel "The Romantic Egoist" into "This side of Paradise."
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After FItzgerals success from "The Side of Paradise" they get married in New York a week after the book was published,
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The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote. The amendment was part of the women sufferage movement.
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The Fitzgerald couple take their first trip to Europe spening three months in England, France and Italy before returning to their apartment in New York.
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The Fitzgeralds rent a house in Long Island where he produces several magazine articles and one unsuccessful play. Their place in Long Island was a strong influence towards Fitzgeral's novel.
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Albert Bacon Fall the U.S secretary of state was convicted of making oil bribes and bidding the oil in Teapot Dome Wyoming. It was known as the "Greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics."
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This immigration law limited the amount of immigrants that could enter the U.S. This law was specified maily toward Southern and Eastern Europeans.
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The Fitzgerald's have been traveling around Europe when the novel was published. They settled in Paris for a couple of weeks and Fitzgerald was the, "Successful American writer."
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The radio become popular and NBC television network was launched. NBC (national broadcast company) was founded by the Radio corporation of America (RCA).
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The Jazz Singer was is an American film produced by the Warner Bros. This film was the first motion picture that contained talking. Silent films were no more.
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The U.S stock market crashes which causes the Great Depression. What was known as The Jazz Age became officially over.
