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Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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The thought of radio transmission is born as the Morse code letter "S" is sent from England to Canada.
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Henry Ford starts the founding of the Ford Motor Company.
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Theodore Roosevelt is elected president. It was by the largest margin in US history with over 2-million more votes over his opponent.
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The assembly line is used to make production faster, cheaper and overall or efficient. The most notable use is by the Ford Motor Company in making cars as quick as the population demanded them.
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Fitzgerald drops out of school to join the US army, but still continues to write while there.
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Fitzgerald quits his job and begins to peruse writing in a more serious manner.
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Women gain the ability to participate in voting. This was a result of a long period of women fighting for anything even close to equal rights.
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A time of growth and prosperity. Lots of change and lots of relaxation. But people were careless with the economy and did not set up a stable enough system.
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Fitzgerald begins to rise in fame and get more attention towards his writings.
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First put in commercial areas, which made business in those areas rise. Eventually, these conditioners were available for public use in personal households.
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Fitzgerald has a child with his Wife, Zelda. They named her Frances Scott Fitzgerald.
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The ban on alcohol begins to be more enforced in larger cities. The ban is encouraged nationwide. Encouraged illegal trade of alcohol.
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Fitzgerald's book is officially published. The book has many events and details based around his own life.
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After the publishing of Gatsby, Fitzgerald begins to deal with writer's block. This causes his alcoholism to flare up even more.
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Walt Disney created and introduces his first animated cartoon, Plane Crazy. The character it features, Mickey Mouse, would later appear in the first animated cartoon to use sound, Steamboat Willie
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Effected the industrialized portions of the world as the economy crashed. Underemployment and prices shot up as a result.
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Billions of dollars lost in the New York Stock Exchange. This eventually spiraled out of control and turned into the Great Depression.
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Within the Great Depression, unemployment was a large issue. In this year, the number of unemployed reached 13,000,000.
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Previous ban on alcohol is repealed. Before this, use, selling and purchase of alcohol was prohibited.
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The first, non-leaking ballpoint pen is invented. This makes writing easier and a good alternative to leaking pens, feather pens or pencils.
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Fitzgerald enters a point of non-working and non-writing. Alcoholism and depression is what takes up most of his time.
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Fitzgerald begins to try and revive his career as a screenwriter and story writer, but it doesn't work as well as he would have liked.
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After a series of conflicts, the second global war begins. For the US this event leads to the end of the Great Depression.
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Fitzgerald, at the age of 44, dies of a hearty attack in California
