Before the Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration is the movement of black Americans from where to where?
A. East to West
B. Rural South to Urban North
C. West to East
B. Rural South to Urban North
Where is Harlem?
New York City
The most famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Their work was later read by Martin Luther King Jr.
a. Zora Neale Hurston
b. W.E.B Dubois
c. Langston Hughes
d. James Van Der Zee
c. Langston Hughes
He was a famous trumpeter as well as a jazz singer
a. Duke Ellington
b. Cab Calloway
c. Louis Armstrong
c. Louis Armstrong
When did the Harlem Renaissance occur?
Mostly in the 1920's
Why did many African Americans leave the South after the Civil War?
a. to escape slavery
b. to find jobs in agriculture
c. to avoid racial discrimination
d. to gain citizenship
c. to avoid racial discrimination
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a. The migration north to escape slavery
b.The economic boom of the 1920’s that would soon come crashing down during The Great Depression in the 1930’s
c.The cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship
c.The cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship
She was famous for her dancing, especially in France.
a. Zora Neale Hurston
b. Bessie Smith
c. Billie Holiday
d. Josephine Baker
d. Josephine Baker
She was the known as the "Queen of Jazz"
a.Bessie Smith
b.Josephine Baker
c.Ella Fitzgerald
d.Billie Holiday
c.Ella Fitzgerald
What did Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Josephine Baker all have in common?
They are entertainers/musicians
Fill in the blanks:
Many black southerners chose _________ as an alternative to New York City during the Great Migration.
Chicago
One of the most important parts of the Harlem Renaissance was?
A. that African Americans could finally vote.
B. that black culture and art began to get recognized
C. that people started to take formal education more seriously.
B. that black culture and art began to get recognized
He had a lot of different careers from football player to lawyer to actor to activist.
a. James Van Der Zee
b. Paul Robeson
c. Cab Calloway
d. Louis Armstrong
b. Paul Robeson
He was famous for taking photos like the one we saw on our walk around the classroom.
a. James Van Der Zee
b. W.E.B. Dubois
c. Aaron Douglas
d. Claude McKay
a. James Van Der Zee
The success of Madame C.J. Walker symbolized the growing influence of African Americans in
a. business
b. education
c. music
d. politics
a. business
What kind of ideas did Southern black that moved north bring?
a. political ideas
b. creative ideas
c. scientific ideas
d. traditional ideas
b. creative ideas
What did the literature of the Harlem Renaissance do?
A. put forth the accomplishments and achievements of black people past and present
B. talked a lot about geographical feature like rivers
C. Gave black people the right to vote
D. Introduced poetry to a wider range of people
A. put forth the accomplishments and achievements of black people past and present
Unlike most historical figures of the Harlem Renaissance, this poet was not born in the U.S. but in Jamaica.
a. Langston Hughes
b. W.E.B. Dubois
c. Countee Cullen
d. Claude McKay
d. Claude McKay
Billie Holiday was famous for singing what kind of music?
a. blues
b. swing
c. jazz
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
What factor allowed many more African Americans to pursue careers in fields like medicine and law?
a. spread of black businesses
b. access to higher education
c. shift from agriculture to industry
d. push for unity among all Africans
b. access to higher education
What happened to black voting rights around the time of The Great Migration?
a. black southerners were forced to vote
b. the right to vote was taken away from black southerners
c. the ability to vote became more difficult for black southerners
c. the ability to vote became more difficult for black southerners
Which of the following called for the establishment of a new country for African Americans?
a. New Negro Movement
b. Pan-Africanism
c. Civil Rights Movement
d. Black Nationalism
d. Black Nationalism
How did W.E.B. Du Bois contribute to the Harlem Renaissance?
a. He composed music based on African American motifs
b. He led a movement to return to Africa
c. He wrote plays about the African American experience
d. He wrote about the struggle for African American identity
d. He wrote about the struggle for African American identity
He played piano with Ella Fitzgerald.
a. Louis Armstrong
b. Cab Calloway
c. Duke Ellington
c. Duke Ellington
Which of these poems was written by Langston Hughes
a. The Road Not Taken
b. Crystal Stair
c. Mother to Son
c. Mother to Son