USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
the first peacetime use of airplanes was
A
crop-dusting
B
carrying passengers
C
carrying mail
D
weather forecasting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet (1888-1974) carried the first official mail flown by airplane.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the first practical peacetime use of airplanes? The first piratical peacetime use of airplanes was carrying mail.

Detailed explanation-3: -Advertising expenditures rose dramatically in the 1920s. As most Americans acquired a radio, it became an influential advertising and entertainment medium. By the 1920s, over half the people of the United States lived in urban areas.

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