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Robert Frost
Robert Frost is born -
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg is born -
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot is born -
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings is born -
James Thurber
James Thurber is born -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald is born -
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is born -
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck is born -
W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden is born -
World War I
World War I begins -
Ku Klux Klan
The KKK resurrects, racism normalized -
"The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot is published -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepts the Zimmerman Telegram -
World Series
The World Series is fixed -
Vigilantism
African Americans were legally lynched by mobs without trial -
Post WWI
The United States decides to stay out of international conflicts -
Prohibition
There is a ban on all alcohol in the United States -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance begins -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published -
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor is born -
Movies
The first movie with dialogue is produced -
President Hoover
Herbert Hoover is elected president of the United States -
Stock Market Crash
The United States experienced a recession -
Great Depression
The Great Depression begins in the United States after the Stock Market Crash of 1929 -
Dustbowl
The Dustbowl leaves parts of the United States in a drought, 1/4 of Americans out of work -
FDR
Roosevelt is elected president of the United States -
New Deal
FDR introduces his new deal -
"The Night The Ghost Got In"
"The Night The Ghost Got In" by James Thurber is written -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act is passed to prevent future depressions -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is published -
World War II
World War II begins -
U.S. at War
The United States joins World War II -
Allied Victory
The Allies win World War II