Figures
Vocab
Class Facts
Wild Card
Listening
100

The genre that Louis Armstrong helped popularize. 

jazz

100

The time directly after the Civil War. 

What is the Reconstruction Period. 

100

The year in which the first slaves arrived to America

What is 1619.

100

The genre in which Thomas Dorsey got his start.

What is the Blues.

200

Whis person is known as Georgia Tom

Who is Thomas Dorsey.

200
The time before the Civil War and the end of slavery.

What is the antebellum period.

200

The offical paper signed by the president that freed the slaves

What is the Emancipation Proclaimation.

200

This person almost always signed his guitars.

Who is BB King. 

200

Swing Low, Sweet Charriot

300

Jelly Roll Morton's primary instrument. 

What is piano.

300

The music form that has the same music and different words. 

What is strophic. 

300

The First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, was founded in this year.

What is 1777.

300

This event prompted Thomas Dorsey to write " Precious Lord, Take my hand"

What is the loss of his family.

or  

What is the loss of his wife and child.

400
The Black man who tried to make Minstrelsy more appropriate and acceptable to a wider audience. 

Who is Bert Williams

400

This genre is characterized by a flexible variety-show format, featuring acts like music, magic, comedy, and acrobatics.

What is Vaudeville.

400

Wade in the Water was about the Biblical story of the Israelites crossing this body of water.

What is the Red Sea.

400

The task that allows you to be on a jury. 

What is being able to vote.

400

What is Wade in the water to my knees. 

500

Archie Shepp was a saxophonist, this was his other occupations.

What is educator and playwright.

500

A communal dance and song tradition thatpreserved African cultural practices in secret gatherings.

What is Ring Shout

500

"Swing low, Sweet Charriot" is about this Biblical character. 

Who is Elijah.  

or

Who is Elisha. 

500

Al Joston perfomed this song in the powerpoint. He was in blackface and a gold jacket. 

What is "Oh Susanna".

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