1920’s Who Am I???
Directions: Using your book, the internet, etc., research the information
from the clues given below to determine who each person is.
1. I was the first person to fly across the Atlantic alone. My plan was
named the “Spirit of St. Louis.”
2. Before I became the 30th President, I was a former governor of
Massachusetts.
3. I was a high school biology teacher who was charged with illegally
teaching the theory of evolution during the 1920’s.
4. I set 29 U.S. and world records for swimming. I was the first woman
to swim the English Channel.
5. I was the leader of the Chicago North Side gang and the arch enemy
of Al Capone.
6. I became the heavyweight boxing champion when I defeated Jess
Willard in the “Battle of David and Goliath”
7. I graduated from West Point and am credited with creating a hand
held machine gun that helped end World War I. This gun was named
after me.
8. My real name was George, but you may know me as “The Sultan of
Swat”
9. I was an engineer. I created the Model T and developed assembly line
production to meet the growing demand for it.
10.I was born in New Orleans and my nickname is Satchmo. Some call
me the greatest jazz musician of all time.
11.I was the federal agent who brought down Al Capone. I am the
subject of “The Untouchables.”
12.I founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and created
the “Back to Africa” movement
13.I led a committee that helped 120,000 Americans return to the U.S.
when Germany declared war on France. I was also the 31st President
of the United States.
14.My first writings were for newspapers, but you may know me best for
great works such as “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Old Man
and the Sea.”
15.I was the foremost “blackface” entertainer during the 1920’s. I starred
in “The Jazz Singer”
16.Some call me the greatest symbol of the breakdown of law and order
in Chicago. Some call me America’s best known gangster. However,
you may know me as “Scarface.”
17.I was named after the writer of the “Star Spangled Banner.”
However, I didn’t write songs, I wrote novels such as “The Great
Gatsby” and “This Side of Paradise.”
18.I made people all over the world laugh as “The Tramp.” I made 35
movies in one year alone!
19.We were notorious robbers during the 1920’s and The Great
Depression.
20.I was the 29th President of the United States, but I died while in office.