Gatsby Timeline

By danielloza

  • United States enters World War I.

  • 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits sale of alcoholic beverages.

  • World War 1 ends.

  • 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.

  • Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven other Chicago White Sox players were indicted for conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series.

  • First radio broadcast station, KDKA, opens in Pittsburgh.

  • The first Miss America pageant was held in Atlantic City New Jersey.

  • T.S. Eliot published The Wasteland and James Joyce published Ulysses date.

  • Flapper dress introduced - it featured a drop waist or on waist at all.

  • Fashion designer Gabrielle coco chanel returns from a cruise with a suntan. her bronzed look starts the sunbathing fashion date.

  • First book of crossword puzzle published and new mania begins.

  • John Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution in a trial of the century.

  • Ford Motor Company being paying $6 a day and establishes the 40 hour work week.

  • 40,000 members of the Ku Klux march on Washington.

  • Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight across the Atlantic.

  • First talking movie - the jazz singer starring Al Jolson opens.

  • Herbert Hoover was nominated for president.

  • St. Valentine's Day massacre.

  • First academy ceremony held - movie wing wins best picture.

  • Stock market crash - Black Tuesday is labeled.