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The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Born: Sept 24, 1896 Named after ancestor (Francis
Scott Key) 1913 - enrolled in Princeton
University (didn’t graduate) 1917 – enlisted in army Fell in love with Zelda Sayre She agreed to marry him once he
was a success 1920 – his book This Side of
Paradise is published
The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (cont.)
The book is successful; Zelda agrees to marry him
Daughter – Frances 1925 – The Great Gatsby Parties and alcoholism Zelda’s breakdown and
death Died: 1940 (heart attack)
Prohibition The Eighteenth
Amendment (1919) to the Constitution forbade the manufacture, sale, import, or export of intoxicating liquors.
The Twenty-first Amendment (1933) repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
ALCOHOL
The Roaring Twenties
• Prohibition• Speakeasies• Bootlegging• Organized Crime• Jazz Age• Dancing• Flappers• Women’s rights
1920
More people in the city than in the country
# of radios in homes – 2,000 Harlem Renaissance begins League of Nations established 19th Amendment – women granted
the right to vote in the US
1921
Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as President of the United States of America
Knee length skirts become fashionable
The first Miss America pageant First drive-in food place
1923 Hollywood sign goes up Americans see on avg. 1 movie/week Charleston dance becomes popular President Harding dies Vice President Coolidge becomes President 15 million cars registered in the US
1925
Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby Hitler publishes Mein Kampf The first woman Governor of a U.S.
state (Wyoming) is elected. The Scopes Trial
Evolution in schools debate First trial broadcast over the radio
Frisbie invented
1926
40 hour work week (used to be 84 hour) 1 in 6 Americans owns a car 1st supermarket Mae West – arrested for moving navel
during play US woman swims the English Channel Deaths due to bad booze in NYC =
750
1927
Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean
First talking movie (The Jazz Singer) Telephone service is opened between
New York City and London (AT&T) Speakeasies in NYC = 30,000 Deaths due to bad booze in 1 hospital
in NYC on New Year’s Eve = 41
1927 (continued) Al “Scarface”
Capone earnings $100 million –
alcohol sales $30 million –
protection business $25 million –
gambling $10 million – vice
and sundry rackets
1928 U.S. signs Briand-Kellogg Pact - outlawing
war Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Women compete for the first time in
Olympic field events Penicillin discovered 1st televisions are sold - $75 Mickey Mouse in first cartoon Divorce rate – 1 in 6 marriages
1929 Empire State Building
construction begins Speakeasies in NYC = 32,000 –
100,000 Speakeasies in Chicago = 10,000 Valentine’s Day Massacre
“Bugs” Moran gang killed by Al Capone’s men
Car radio invented Stock Market crash
October 29 “Black Tuesday” $9 billion lost on that one day
Assignment
What would the US be without the following 1920’s events/inventions?
Pick one from the following list and write 50 words in your journal explaining your opinion. Radio Car radio Television Miss America Pageant Prohibition Fast food places 40 hour work week Skyscrapers Penicillin
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