Review Famous People of the Roaring 20's

Famous People of the Roaring 20's

Warren G. Harding

US President vowed to restore the United States to a time of peace, prosperity, and economic growth despite his presidency being overshadowed by scandal and corruption.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novelist

Wrote about the jazz age

Wrote a famous novel titled " The Great Gatsby"

John Steinbeck

Novelist

Wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers

Wrote a famous novel titled "The Grapes of Wrath"

Aaron Copeland

Composer who wrote uniquely American music.

George Gershwin

Composer and pianist.

Famous works include “Rhapsody In Blue”

Georgia O'keefe

Female painter and artist in the early 20th Century.

Paintings were scenes from the Southwest US.(desert) and urban scenes

Amelia Earhart

Famous female pilot

Set many world records.

She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 and her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time.

Bessie Coleman

First African American Female to obtain a pilot’s license

Had to attend flight school in France due to segregation and discrimination in the US.

Charles Lindbergh

First person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

My plane was named “The Spirit of St. Louis”

Match

Match the following

• Which US President vowed to restore the United States to a time of peace, prosperity, and economic growth despite his presidency being overshadowed by scandal and corruption?

• First African American Female to obtain a pilot’s license

  Had to attend flight school in France due to segregation and discrimination in the US.

• First person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

  My plane was named “The Spirit of St. Louis”

• She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

  Disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937

• Female painter and artist in the early 20th Century.

  Paintings were scenes from the Southwest US.(desert) and urban scenes

Warren G. Harding

Bessie Coleman

Charles Lindbergh

Amelia Earhart

Georgia O'keefe

• Warren G. Harding

• Bessie Coleman

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

• Georgia O'keefe

Multiple Choice

Novelist

Wrote about the jazz age

Wrote a famous novel titled " The Great Gatsby"

• George Gershwin

• Aaron Copeland

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Multiple Choice

Composer and pianist.

Famous works include “Rhapsody In Blue”

• George Gershwin

• Aaron Copeland

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Multiple Choice

Novelist

Wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers

Wrote a famous novel titled "The Grapes of Wrath"

• George Gershwin

• Aaron Copeland

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Multiple Choice

Composer who wrote uniquely American music.

• George Gershwin

• Aaron Copeland

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Multiple Select

Which of the following were famous pilots/aviators?

Select all that apply.

• Bessie Smith

• Bessie Coleman

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

Multiple Choice

Which U.S. President vowed to restore the United States to a time of peace, prosperity, and economic growth?

• Calvin Coolidge

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Warren G Harding

• Woodrow Wilson

Match

Match the following

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• John Steinbeck

• Aaron Copeland

• George Gershwin

Novelist

Wrote about the jazz age

Novelist

Wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers

Composer who wrote uniquely American music.

Composer and pianist.

Famous works include “Rhapsody In Blue”

• Novelist

  Wrote about the jazz age

• Novelist

  Wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers

• Composer who wrote uniquely American music.

• Composer and pianist.

  Famous works include “Rhapsody In Blue”