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In July 1890, Idaho became the 43rd state in the U.S. While Wyoming became the 44th.
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In 1896, Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota
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The Spanish American war was ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1898.
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In the year 1900 and when population is quickly growing, the population in the U.S. exceeds 75 million.
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Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President after the assassination of President McKinley.
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Henry Ford who created the worlds first car founded the American car company Ford which still makes cars today.
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Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright made their first powered flight in 1903.
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In 1904 the Panama Canal Zone was acquired from France for 40 million.
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The treated of Portsmouth which was negotiated by President Theodore Roosevelt, was signed in 1905 ending the Russo-Japanese War.
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Women's suffrage and civil rights activist Susan B. Anthony died
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The San Francisco was the deadliest earthquake in American history killing over 3,000 people and destroying 80 percent of the city.
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In 1909 the National association for the advancement of colored people was founded.
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At the age of 13 Fitzgerald has his first publication.
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The Supreme Court found standard oil guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry.
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Fitzgerald becomes more involved in Princetons literary scene.
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Fitzgerald falls in love with Ginevra King. They parted ways but she served as an influence for female characters in his books.
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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to U.S. Congress.
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The United States joined its allies to fight in the Great War.
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Fitzgerald meets Zelda Sare who would become his wife.
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Fitzgerald marries Zelda Sayre in St. Patrick's cathedral in New York
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The 19th amendment was passed granting women the right to vote.
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After the stock market crashed the U.S. Went into the worst economic depression in history leaving over 20 percent of the population unemployed.
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On October 26 1921, Fitgerald's daughter Scottie Fitzgerald was born
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The Fitzgerald family moves to Paris for the next seven years.
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Fitgerald's most successful novel the Great Gatsby is published.
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Fitzgerald finally returns to America.
