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The Lost Generation
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Production of Cars
12 Secs to 1 Minute 2 SecondsThe Ford Model T was being produced.This later led to more inventions of cars and so on. Cars played a factor in Great Gatsby by showing how much money you had and that you had enough to buy another one, so you could do whatever you want with your current car. -
Men Began leaving for War
Men began leaving for the start of World War I. The relates to Gatsby because earlier in the novel Gatsby and Daisy talked about how their love fell apart because Gatsby left for war. -
Women Begin Looking For Work
Under the Munitions of Work Act, the goverment had sole control over the business. This allowed the goverment to let women work for the business. -
Black Box Scandal
The Black Sox Scandal took place during the MLB's 1919 World Series. Eight White Sox players were later accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers. The players were banned from the MLB. This relates to Gatsby because they talk about Gatsby's aquaintance who rigged this world series. -
Prohibition Era
The U.S. prohibited the manufacturing and sales of Alchohol. This relates to the novel by during this time people would have to illegally make their own alcohol for partie,etc. Gatsby's job was selling illegal liquor to make money. -
Women Earning More Rights
Due to the 19th ammendmant, women were given the right to vote. This was the start of "flappers". For example, Jordan Baker was a carefree women throughtout the book. This would have not been the case before the 19th ammendment. -
Gertrude Stein
The phrase “Lost Generation” originates from a conversation Gertrude Stein overheard between a French garage owner and his employee in the early 1920s. -
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Fashion
Up to 2 minutesClothing changed with women’s changing roles in modern society, particularly with the idea of freedom for women. Although society matrons of a certain age continued to wear conservative dresses, forward-looking and younger women now made sportswear into the greatest change in post-war fashion. -
Ernest Hemingway
In 1921, Hemingway went to Paris, where he met a number of American authors. He became the principal spokesman for a group of disillusioned younger writers sometimes called the "Lost Generation." -
Lost Generation Writers
Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein were 3 people who came to the U.S. as foreigners and began to write short stories about the materialistm and individualism they saw during the 1920's. This relates because F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" -
Resurgence Of KKK
Anti-Black sentiment had been increasing since the end of the war. Later, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Jewish, and Anti-Black sentiment had even increased more due to the clan growth. -
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, (1896-1940), was the leading writer of America's Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, and one of its glittering heroes. The chief quality of Fitzgerald's talent was his ability to be both a leading participant in the high life he described, and a detached observer of it.
