Harlem Renaissance

vocabulary

100

turbulent

violent, problematic

200

scarce

Not having enough of something

300

indignities

bringing shame, hurting someone's pride

400

Unprecedented

never done or known before.

500

sharecropping

Person rents land and then the other person grows crops. Owner of land gets part of the profits.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

100

Describe Ma's personality

Strong, always wanted her way, resilient, tough

200

Why do the musicians want to play a different song than Ma?

People found it more entertaining, it was what the people were asking for.

They want to hear music for the intro not people talking.

300

How does Levee feel about God? Give one reason why?

Like God doesn't care about them. Could be because of overall blacks suffering, ex. what happened to his mom and dad.

400

What happened to Reverend Gates? Describe it with at least 2 details.

He was going to a different town and the train left him. He was at a gas station/ store and white men saw him and started gathering, they chased and hurt him.

500

Name 2 similarities and 2 differences between the movie and the text.

Answers may vary

Differences- One text talked about black soldiers, talked about what life in the South was like.

Similarities- treatment of African Americans during Harlem Renaissance, music and singers.

Artists

100

What type of artist was Bessie Smith? 

ex. Musician, sculptor, singer, painter, writer

Singer

200

What type of artist was Miles Davis?

musician

300

What type of artist was Louis Armstrong? 2 things

Trumpeter and singer

400

What type of artist was Alain Locke?

Writer

500

What type of artist was Nella Larsen?

Writer

I Choose Exile/ From Sweat

100

From Sweat: What did Sykes first use to scare Delia?

a whip

200

I Choose Exile- What city and country did a lot of African Americans migrate to during the 1950s?

Paris, France.

300

From Sweat- Give a specific example of physical/ emotional violence in the story.

Sykes started beating Delia a couple weeks after getting married.

Kicking her feet, taking the blanket, scaring her with the whip, bringing the snake to their home.

400

I Choose Exile- fill in the sentence:

Most African Americans that migrated to France did not give up their __________ because ________________.

citizenship

they could go back to the U.S. if they wanted to.

500

Why is Sykes' death ironic?

The same snake he brought to scare Delia ended up killing him.