History of American Popular Music

Popular music is often defined as music that you can _____ to.

• Eat

• Dance

• Sleep

• Walk

The father of modern marching band music is John Phillip _____.

• Sousa

• Armstrong

• Jordan

• Presley

The modern marching band evolved hand in hand with the popularity of this sport:

• Baseball

• Football

• Hockey

• Tennis

Sousa helped invent a new instrument called the _____.

• Sousaplane

• Sousaplatter

• Sousaphone

• Sousapants

The instrument most associated with ragtime is the ________.

• Saxophone

• Drums

• Piano

• Electric guitar

The most famous ragtime composer was a pianist named __________.

• Louis Armstrong

• Louis Jordan

• John Phillip Sousa

• Scott Joplin

Since radio, television and computers did not exist, the popularity of ragtime was spread through ________ ________.

(a)  

Why did Jazz become so popular in the 1920s?

• Prohibition

• Great Depression

• The British Invasion

• The Civil War

In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong switched from playing the _____ to the _____.

• Drums to the Saxophone

• Trumpet to the Cornet

• Cornet to the Trumpet

• Cornet to the Choir

Using _____ allows a drummer to play more quietly than with sticks.

• Traps

• Brooms

• Pans

• Brushes