Louis armstrong, jim thorpe, charles lindbergh, gertrude ederle, bessie smith, and amelia earhart were famous americans who lived in the 1920s. read a biography of one of them and then write a 250-word paper on how you think he or she made america a better place to live. you may use the internet or library to locate source material. in reading about your subject, concentrate less on what he or she did and more on how he or she rose above circumstances.