a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
Calvin Coolidge
the new president, fit into the pro-business spirit of the 1920s very well.
urban sprawl
the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions
George Gershwin
gained fame for merging traditional elements with american jazz, thus creating a new sound that was identifiably American
Warren G. Harding
good-natured man who looked like a president ought to look like
Charles Evens Hughes
urged that no more war ships be built for 10 years
Emest Hemingway
became best known expatriate author
isolationism
opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries
Scopes trial
a sensational 1925 court case in which the biology teacher John T. Scopes was tried for challenging a Tennessee law that outlawed the teaching of evolution.
Georgia O'Keeffe
produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of new york