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The melting Pot
American history began with waves of immigrants, bringing their own cultures and traditions to a vast new country. No other place in the world has such a diverse population -
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fitzgeralds life
The life of Scott Fitzgerald/1920s -
age of immigration
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center. More than 12 million immigrants would be processed on the island during this time. -
Frederick Douglass ex-slave
Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave who rose to prominence in national politics as a civil rights advocate and abolitionist during Civil War times died at his home in Washington, D.C. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born
on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald's mother, Mary McQuillan, was from an Irish-Catholic and his father Edward Fitzgerald,worked in a wicker furniture business in St. Paul . -
U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism
The peak of yellow journalism, in terms of both intensity and influence, came in early 1898, when a U.S. battleship, the Maine, sunk in Havana harbor. -
Theodore Roosevelt President
With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
Founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. -
The Wright Brothers - First Flight
Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. -
Building the Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
Industrial Workers of the World
International radical labor union that was formed in 1905. The union combines general unionism with industrial unionism, being a general union itself whose members are further organized within the industry of their employment. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Its main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products. It directed the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect products and refer offenders to prosecutors. -
Fitzgerald Family Moves to Minnesota
After an unsuccessful career as a salesman in New York state, Edward Fitzgerald moves his family back to St. Paul. In September Scott enrolls at St. Paul Academy -
Fitzgerald's First Publication
At the age of 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald appears in print for the first time, with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication St. Paul Academy Now and Then. -
Titanic Sinks
Titanic was a British ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg .The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers. -
Mothers Day
President Woodrow Wilson issues a presidential proclamation that officially establishes the first national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers. -
U.S enters WW1
U.S. joined its allies with Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
US Army Service
On academic probation and close to flunking out of Princeton, Fitzgerald enrolls in the U.S. Army and leaves school to report for duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He never graduates from Princeton. Soon after reporting for military duty, he begins a novel The Romantic Egoist. -
This Side of Paradise
The book went through 12 printings in 1920 and 1921, for a total of 49,075 copies.The novel itself did not provide a huge income for Fitzgerald. -
Treaty of Versailles
Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. -
Marriage to Zelda Sayre
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald's first novel, is published. A week later, he and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. -
Flappers and Philosophers
Some of his best early stories are included here 'The Offshore Pirate', 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair', 'The Ice Palace' and 'Benediction'. In these narratives Fitzgerald presented his prototypical Jazz-Age heroines. -
birth of daughter
The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald. The birth of Zeldas and Scotts fist child brought much happyness to thier lives. -
The Beatiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned is divided into three separate books: "The Pleasant Absurdity of Things", "The Romantic Bitterness of Things", and "The Ironic Tragedy of Things". It sold well enough to warrant additional print runs reaching 50,000 copies. -
Immigration Act
United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890. -
the great gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story, a mystery, and a social commentary on American life. Although it was not a success for Fitzgerald during his lifetime, this l novel has become a masterpiece read and taught throughout the world. -
the great crash
The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression. The Jazz Age is officially over. The US was in big trouble and this was going to affect all macufacturing.
