USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Why was Charles Lindbergh famous in the 1920s?

(A) ** He flew over the Atlantic Ocean.

(B) He was most famous jazz musician of the era.

(C) He was the most famous poet in the United States.

(D) He became boxing’s heavyweight champion of the world.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Contents. Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator who rose to international fame in 1927 after becoming the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis.

Concept note-2: -Born Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan, Lindbergh became famous for making the first solo transatlantic airplane flight in 1927.

Concept note-3: -On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.

Concept note-4: -Yet Lindbergh landed safely in Paris less than 34 hours later, becoming the first pilot to solo a nonstop trans-Atlantic flight. He changed public opinion on the value of air travel, and laid the foundation for the future development of aviation.

Concept note-5: -Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris. His single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, had lifted off from Roosevelt Field in New York 33 1/2 hours before.