immigrant from Jamaica, believed that African Americans should build a separate society
Sinclair Lewis
the first american to win a Nobel Prize in literature, was among the Ara's most outrageous critics
Emest Hemingway
became best known expatriate author
Ohio gang
the president's poker-playing cronies, who would soon cause a great deal of depression
Teapot Dome scandal
Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall's secret leasing of oil-rich public land to private companies in return for money and land
Georgia O'Keeffe
produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of new york
Calvin Coolidge
the new president, fit into the pro-business spirit of the 1920s very well.
quota system
a system that sets limits on how many immigrants for various countries a nation will admit each year
Sacco and Vanzetti
arrested and charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his gaurds
Fordney McCumber Tariff
a set of regulations, enacted by Congress in 1922, that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American businesses against foreign competition
