Post WWI American Figures

After WWI, Americans had more ________ time than ever before.

• nap

• work

• leisure

• dinner

___________ became one of the first organized American sports.

• Baseball

• Football

• Soccer

• Hockey

How did many Americans follow baseball games in the 1920s?

• on television

• online

• going to the game

• listening on the radio

Who was the greatest baseball player of the 1920s?

• Hank Aaron

• Jackie Robinson

• Babe Ruth

• Mickey Mantle

What form of music grew in popularity during the 1920s?

• jazz

• hip hop

• rock and roll

• country

Jazz developed among ___________________ in the south before becoming popular all over the United States.

• women

• immigrants

• African Americans

• baseball players

Louis Armstrong was known for _________________________.

• writing books.

• acting in movies.

• playing the trumpet.

• writing poetry.

African Americans expressed their talents through literature, music, art, and theater during _______________.

• World War I.

• baseball games.

• the Treaty of Versailles.

• the Harlem Renaissance.

___________________ was one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance.

• Babe Ruth

• Langston Hughes

• Henry Ford

• Charles Lindbergh

Langston Hughes was known for his ______________.

• movies.

• songs.

• radio show.

• literature.