The Great Gatsbyby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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)

Great Gatsby Information Time period – 1920’s Setting – East Egg, West Egg, NYC List of Main Characters

Nick Carraway (narrator) Tom Buchanan Daisy Fay Buchanan Jordan Baker Jay Gatsby George Wilson Myrtle Wilson

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The Twenty-first Amendment (1933) repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.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 First radio broadcast aired 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

1922 Flapper dress makes its debut Speakeasies in NYC = 5,000 First radio commercial

broadcast

1923 Hollywood sign goes up Americans see on avg. 1 movie/week President Harding dies Vice President Coolidge becomes President 15 million cars registered in the US Charleston dance becomes popular

1924 # of radios in US homes –

2.5 million 1st Macy’s Thanksgiving Day

Parade Coolidge is reelected

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

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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