Termonology
The practice of powerful nations controlling weaker nations; such as Great Britain who controlled colonies around the world.
Imperialism
African American mess assistant who took action during the attack on Pearl Harbor by jumping on a deck-gun and shooting down Japanese planes.
Dorie Miller
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
The artistic and literary movement that took place throughout the 1920s and 1930s that dominated African American cultural life.
Which war was known as The Great War?
WWI
The idea that people of African heritage around the world should work together to achieve freedom and equality.
Pan-Africanism
A powerful speaker and activist, named by President Roosevelt as an official presidential advisor, and was the first African American woman to head a federal agency.
Mary McLeod Bethune
The term for some of Roosevelt's influential African American appointees.
Black Cabinet
The Black Nationalist leader from Jamaica who founded the UNIA and was extradited from the US after being convicted of mail fraud.
Marcus Garvey
Duke Ellington
The name of the steamship business created by Marcus Garvey that led to his downfall
Black Star Line
A gifted writer of the Harlem Renaissance who co-wrote the song that later became the official anthem of the NAACP. Also helped organize anti-lynching activities for the NAACP and pushed for the passage of the Dyer Bill.
James Weldon Johnson
Months of bloody racial violence in the summer and fall of 1919, after the end of WWI, when race riots broke out across the country is referred to as _________.
Red Summer
A program created by President Roosevelt to provide relief for those suffering the effects of the Great Depression by providing jobs.
New Deal
African American artist best-known for the series of paintings, The Migration of the Negro completed in 1941.
Jacob Lawrence
Famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance who helped define the African American experience.
Langston Hughes
Name 1 way African American Soldiers were discriminated against.
Possible answers:
1. Segregated Units
2. Given non-combat roles
3. During WWI there were only white officers
4. During WWII, black soldiers had to give up their ranking to join integrated units
The Harlem Renaissance author whose writing was deeply influenced by folklore.
Zora Neale Hurston
A union organizer whose actions led to a new law banning discrimination in hiring practices. Also known for organizing a march on Washington, D.C. in protest of African Americans being turned away from military and defense organizations.
A. Philip Randolph
A sort of early variety show that combined acting, music, and comedy
Vaudeville
The first African American General in the U.S. Army whose son became the first commander of the Tuskegee Airmen
The famous actor who became popular in Europe and the US playing Shakespeare's Othello
Paul Robeson
What were the two positive outcomes of the Great Migration?
1. The Harlem Renaissance
2. Job Opportunities providing better lives for African Americans
The German counterattack that was the deadliest battle ever fought by the US and the first where the US Army used integrated units.
The Battle of the Bulge
What were the 3 reasons African Americans were not allowed to fight/discriminated against for most of WWII?
1. Concerns about repercussions to society AFTER the war
2. Sambo and Brute Stereotypes
3. Combat Readiness of White soldiers
The belief that black people around the world should create their own societies, take pride in their culture, and better their lives by relying upon themselves.
Black Nationalism
The world's first African American fighter Pilot who fought for the French in WWI
Eugene Jaques Bullard
Famous sculptor who emphasized traditional West African Art in his work
Sargent Claude Johnson
What were the push and pull causes of the Great Migration? (4 total)
Push:
1. Agricultural Problems (boll weevils, floods, droughts)
2. Racism & Discrimination
Pull:
3. WWI --> factory job opportunities
4. Black Newspapers encouraging African Americans to go North
The first all-Black U.S. combat unit sent overseas during WWI; also known as the Harlem Hell Fighters.
369th Infantry
What were the 5 causes of the Harlem Renaissance?
1. The Great Migration
2. Heavily Populated Urban Ghettos
3. Black Nationalism
4. Pan-African Movement
5. Booming American Economy