Fitzgerald & The 1920's

F. Scott Fitzgerald & The 1920’s

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

The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (cont.)
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 book is successful; Zelda agrees to marry him
Daughter – Frances

The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (cont.)
1925 – The Great Gatsby
Parties and alcoholism
Zelda’s breakdown and death
Died: 1940 (heart attack)

The Roaring Twenties
Prohibition
Speakeasies
Bootlegging
Organized Crime
Jazz Age
Dancing
Flappers
Women’s rights

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The Twenty-first Amendment (1933) repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.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

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
19 th 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
Coolidge is reelected
# of radios in US homes –
2.5 million
1 st Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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
1 st supermarket
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
1 st 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

1920’s Compared to Today

1920’s compared to today

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