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Gatsby Timeline.
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On 1890 F. Scott Fitzgerald was born.
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1880 to 1921 23 million immigrants arrived on America’s shores. Almost 46 million people around the world left their homelands Over 56 percent- came to the United States.
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The U. S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the 1887 Edmunds-Tucker Act, denying that its assault on Mormon institutions constitutes a violation of Mormon religious freedom. At the same time, Congress debates the even more punitive Cullom-Strubble Bill, designed to deny all Mormons the right to vote.
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Wyoming enters the Union. Wyoming became a territory in 1868 and entered the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state. It has a wealth of mineral and agricultural resources, and in the late 1990s mining and agriculture still played major roles in the state’s economy.
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Congress establishes Yosemite National Park at the urging of naturalist John Muir who argues passionately for the preservation of its sequoia forests.
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Congress passes the Forest Reserve Act, which authorizes setting aside public forests in any state or territory to preserve a timber supply for the future.
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Congress extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for an additional ten years, adding a requirement that all Chinese workers in the United States register or face deportation. Passed in 1892, the Chinese Exclusion Act was a climax to more than thirty years of progressive racism
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Cuban nationalists revolt against Spanish rule.The Cuban nationalists demanded independence from the Spanish rule and when the U.S. got involved in this issue the relationship between Spain and the United States became a big issue.
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The zeppelin was invented by Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin. Zeppelin is a name that has passed on into cultural legend. Many have forgotten Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin after whom these ships are named, but very name evokes visions of giant passenger ships voyaging across land and sea.Three years after the demise of LZ129 Hindenburg, the LZ127 and LZ130 were dismantled in 1940 ending the golden era.
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At the age of 13 Fitzgerald's first work is published 'The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage'. This was published in his schools publication 'Now and Then'
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he availability of electricity in American homes spurs the purchase of electric washing machines. American electrical engineer and mathematician Charles Steinmetz publishes Future of Electricity, warning that industry and technology can create air and water pollution. In addition, Steinmetz sees the potential of electricity to revolutionize the home, work, and transportation.
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People may think the titanic has nothing to do with womens' rights, when in fact it has much to do with it. 'Women and Children first' is a code of conduct commonly known from the titanic sinking in 1912 which states that in a life threatening situation women and children lives are to be saved first.
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William E. Boeing, a Seattle timber baron, establishes the Boeing Airplane Company with a contract to build 50 biplanes for the Navy. His factory is the harbinger of an aerospace industry that will flourish in the West, drawing billions in government funds to the region.
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The United States declares war on Germany, entering World War I at 8:30 in the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war to make the world "safe for democracy."
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After leaving his studies Fitzgerald joins the army to fight in World War I. Fitzgerald's time in the war is spent away from much of the fighting.
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Fitzgerald leaves the army and moves to New York and works for advertising agency.
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Fitzgerald's first novel, 'This Side of Paradise' is published. Four days after publication the novel had sold out of its first printing.
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F. Scott Fitzgerlad marries Zelda Sayre. After successful publication and sale of 'Tender is the Night' Fitzgerald informed Zelda and they married the next weekend.
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During the 1920’s the United States passed an act, the Volstead act. The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitutition prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. Upon ratification of the amendment by the states, Congress voted its approval in October 1919, and enacted it into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920. This determined intoxicating liquor as anything having an alcoholic content of anyth
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She was the only child of Fitzgerald and Zelda. She became a journalist and passed away on June 16, 1986
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Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer begins what will become known as the Palmer Raids, monitoring the actions of people perceived to be "foreign radicals." The young J. Edgar Hoover is appointed Palmer's assistant.
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This book is highly inspired by his marriage to Zelda and many of the events in the novel are representations of real life occurances.
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.While the book was not initially popular it gained great popularity after being republished in 1945 and 1953.
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History was made in New York on October 6th, 1927 when the very first spoken voice in a feature film was heard. The voice belonged to Al Jolson and the ground breaking movie The Jazz Singer. The reaction by the theatre audience was immediate they rose to their feet, applauding ecstatically. The moment came in the middle of the film when, during a nightclub scene, Jolson suddenly spoke. The first words ever spoken in a movie were, “Wait a minute, wait a minute
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Scott Fitzgerald suffers from a heart attack and dies in his apartment. Fitzgerald had suffered from another heart attack earlier this year while in a grocery store. This time Fitzgerald was home at his apartment.
