THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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He was a famous radio talk show host
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He was the first pilot to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
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He invented the washing machine
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. In 1919 New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered a $25, 000 prize for the completion of the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris.
Detailed explanation-4: -On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh left Long Island’s Roosevelt Field in a single-engine plane built by Ryan Airlines. The plane, named the Spirit of St.