Milestone SS Review

What cultural development did Louis Armstrong influence?

• . Baseball

• Transportation

• Jazz

• Transatlantic Flight

During the 1920s and 1930s, this man influenced American culture with his poetry specifically depicting the lives of African Americans.

• Babe Ruth

• Jesse Owens

• Langston Hughes

• Duke Ellington

Which famous pilot was the first person to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo?

• Langston Hughes

• Charles Lindbergh

• Wright Brothers

• Ameila Earhart

Who popularized the assembly line in his automotive factories?

• Henry Ford

• Charles Lindbergh

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

The poet, Langston Hughes, was influenced by which African American cultural movement?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Women’s Suffrage

• . Civil Rights of the 1960’s

• Westward Expansion

This man was a famous jazz musician who primarily played the trumpet during the 1920s. Who is he?

• Duke Ellington

• Langston Hughes

• Louis Armstrong

• Charles Lindbergh

With the invention of the radio, which sport became a popular American pastime for American to listen to as well as attending the games?

• football

• soccer

• baseball

• basketball

The automobile has caused many changes in America. Which of the following statements is true?

• Automobiles have forced more people to live in rural areas.

• More people have chosen to use trains instead of automobiles

• Automobiles have allowed people to live farther from their jobs.

• Most people have decided not to use automobiles.

In the 1920s and 1930s, who accomplished 714 career home runs in baseball and was known as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, as well as the “All-Time Home Run King”?

• Freddie Freeman

• Michael Jordan

• Jesse Owens

• Babe Ruth

The 1920’s were known as the “roaring twenties” because…

• Bad feelings left countries feeling at odds with one another

• The cattle industry was growing with the further development of railroads

• The American economy boomed and new technology and music made people happy

• The American economy declined