While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• In 1897, twenty Black US Army infantrymen rode bicycles from Montana to Missouri.
• The 1,900-mile journey took forty-one days.
• The goal was to test the idea of forming a military bicycle corps.
• In 2022, Erick Cedeño, a Black long-distance cyclist, reenacted the journey.
• Cedeño wanted to honor the infantrymen on the journey's 125th anniversary.
The student wants to emphasize how far the infantrymen traveled. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Explanation
Answer: 2) The US infantrymen rode their bicycles from Montana to Missouri—traveling a total of 1,900 miles.
Goal: Emphasize how far the infantrymen traveled.
Why? To emphasize distance, state the mileage. Choice 2 highlights 1,900 miles.
Traps:
- A) About anniversary → not distance
- C) About goal → not distance
- D) About reenactment → not original distance