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https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline - Timeline
https://www.in.gov/doe/files/guide.pdf - World war l
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/05/us/prohibition-end-anniversary-marijuana-law-trnd/index.html#:~:text=When%20the%20Great%20Depression%20hit,18th%20amendment%20and%20ended%20prohibition. - Prohibition
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest. - 19th Amendment -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24th 1896, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Mollie McQuillan Fitzgerald. He is named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the “Star-Spangled Banner”. -
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
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Fitzgerald attends the Newman School, a Catholic preparatory school in Hackensack, New Jersey and Princeton University. He eventually flunks out, however. Although he returns to Princeton, he leaves again in November 1917 to join the army. During the summer of 1918 he was stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, and met Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. They become engaged, but his lack of financial stability is an issue.
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One of the reasons for World War l happening is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. The War was known as the Great war (they didn't think that there was going to be a second war), it started on June 28th 1914 and ended on November 11th 1918.
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One of the reasons for World War l happening is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. The War was known as the Great war (they didn't think that there was going to be a second war), it started on June 28th 1914 and ended on November 11th 1918.
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Zelda Fitzgerald was an American novelist, painter, playwright, and socialite. She was born on July 24, 1900, in Montgomery, Alabama. She married F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920. F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first book on March 24th 1920. -
Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcohol. Due to the 18th Amendment "Ratified on January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors"". Prohibition was changed due to the Great Depression hitting america, President Roosevelt changed the 18th Amendment for legalizing drinking alcohol with the 21st Amendment.
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Fitzgerald’s first novel tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, spoiled young man who attends Princeton University, becomes involved in literary activities, and has several disastrous romances. Immature though it seems today, This Side of Paradise when it was published was considered a revelation of the new morality of the young during the early Jazz Age. Fitzgerald’s debut novel made him famous and provided the prosperity he and his wife, Zelda, needed to lead a lavish lifestyle -
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote.
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The Fitzgeralds, along with their daughter, Francis (called “Scottie”), who had been born in 1921, leave for France. After spending some time in Paris, the family moves to the Riviera. -
The Beautiful and Damned, Fitzgerald’s second novel, reflects that fear. The story describes the lives of a handsome young married couple who choose to wait for an expected inheritance rather than involve themselves in productive, meaningful lives. Their lives deteriorate as they throw mindless parties, waiting for the money -
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American multinational, mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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The Great Depression was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September and led to the Wall Street stock market crash of October 24
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors and manmade factors.
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Amelia Earhart (1897–c. 1937) was an American aviator, who became well-known in 1928 when, as a member of a three-person crew, she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an aircraft. In 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcohol. Due to the 18th Amendment "Ratified on January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors"". Prohibition was changed due to the Great Depression hitting america, President Roosevelt changed the 18th Amendment for legalizing drinking alcohol with the 21st Amendment.
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The years after The Great Gatsby were difficult and unhappy for the Fitzgeralds. He began to drink too much, and Zelda declined into a state of mental breakdown. This semi-autobiographical novel took Fitzgerald until 1934 to complete. It is the story of a psychiatrist who marries one of his patients. As she slowly recovers, she drains him of his energy and life. While a heartrending book, it was not a commercial success. -
Fitzgerald wrote The Crack-Up as an essay chronicling his spiritual and physical deterioration during the mid-1930s. The essay was first published in 1936 in Esquire magazine. After his death, the essay was published in book form, along with miscellaneous other works of his, as The Crack-Up: With Other Uncollected Pieces, Note-Books, and Unpublished Letters (1945), edited by his longtime friend, literary critic Edmund Wilson. -
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
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World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
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Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood on December 21, 1940. The Last Tycoon is published in the year after his death. -
In 1939 Fitzgerald began writing a novel about Hollywood, describing the story of a studio executive who works obsessively and loses control of the studio and his life. It was Fitzgerald’s final attempt to portray his dream of the promises of American life and the man who could realize them. Fitzgerald died before he could complete the book. Wilson edited this work as well, and The Last Tycoon appeared the year after Fitzgerald’s death.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history
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World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
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The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II
https://www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War#:~:text=The%20Cold%20War%20was%20an,an%20article%20published%20in%201945. -
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.