“Who’s the Big Cheese?”
All that Jazz: America in the 1920s
Matching Activity: Key Figures From The 1920s
____ 1. Wrote "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms".
Considered one of the top writers of the 1920s
____ 2. Also called the “Sultan of Swat.” He played for the
New York Yankees and set the season home run record at
60 in 1927.
____ 3. Was a great African American poet and was a key
figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
____ 4. Was President of the United States. He took office in 1921 and died in office in 1923.
His administration is remembered as the most scandal filled of the decade.
____ 5. Started Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. Best known for the Model T and
the assembly line.
____ 6. Considered “Lucky,” he made a very famous transatlantic solo flight from New York
to Paris.
____ 7. A great trumpet player. His talents helped make jazz a popular form of music in the
1920s.
____ 8. He was a Tennessee teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution in his
science class.
____ 9. One of the greatest college football players of all time. He played for the University
of Illinois and was once carried two miles on the shoulders of his classmates after a victory.
____ 10. Considered one of the biggest gangsters of all time. He controlled the supply of
illegal alcohol in Chicago through murder and bribery.
People
A. Louis Armstrong
B. Ernest Hemingway
F. John T. Scopes
H. Red Grange
C. Warren G. Harding
D. Al Capone
E. Babe Ruth
I. Henry Ford
J. Charles Lindbergh
K. Langston Hughes
“Who’s the Big Cheese?”
ANSWER KEY
All that Jazz: America in the 1920s
B
1. Wrote "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms". Considered one of the top
writers of the 1920s
E
2. Also called the “Sultan of Swat.” He played for the New York Yankees and set the
season home run record at 60 in 1927.
K
3. Was a great African American poet and was a key figure in the Harlem
Renaissance.
C
4. Was President of the United States. He took office in 1921 and died in office in
1923. His administration is remembered as the most scandal filled of the decade.
I
5. Started Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. Best known for the Model T and
the assembly line.
J
6. Considered “Lucky,” he made a very famous transatlantic solo flight from New
York to Paris.
A
7. A great trumpet player. His talents helped make jazz a popular form of music in
the 1920s.
F
8. He was a Tennessee teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution in his
science class.
H
9. One of the greatest college football players of all time. He played for the University
of Illinois and was once carried two miles on the shoulders of his classmates after a victory.
D
10. Considered one of the biggest gangsters of all time. He controlled the supply of
illegal alcohol in Chicago through murder and bribery.