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Bonus
100
summer/fall of 1919 racial bloody riots
Red Summer
100
A famous female blues musician. Known as the "empress of blues"
Bessie Smith
100

Why did African Americans migrate north throughout the 1920s? 


second question: What was Jazz

acceptable answers: for a chance at a better future

for better pay, better jobs, better education


Jazz was an American hybrid of African American and European music forms

100
Why does Mark Twain think that the United States acting as a "protector" of certain nations is acceptable? Cite specific evidence from the text
says that they should help countries that are in need
200

Mass movement of African Americans from the south to the east, west, Midwest, north


second question: Act that would make lynching a felony

Great Migration



Dyer Anti-Lynching

200
Louis Armstrong
Popular Jazz Trumpeter of the 1920s
200

What city in New York did migrants settle in?


second question: what were some roles of African Americans during WWI

Harlem


soldiers, nurses, battlefield salvagers, railroad track builders, cooks

200

Why northern businesses look to the South to fill the new jobs? (this was during the war)


northern factories jobs were booming because of war economy but thousands of white men were leaving their jobs to fight in the war and the flow of new immigrants was limited
300

powerful nations took control of government and people of weaker nations

second question: traditional stories, sayings and other art forms

third question: a period of emphasis on black culture, led to art and literature

Imperialism


folklore


Harlem Renaissance

300

collected and published folk tales of her native Florida. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston
300
Four factors of imperialism
humanitarianism, militarism, economics, nationalism
300

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, why does Zora Neale Hurston use slang to tell the story?

To share her culture and background of where she grew up
300
Langston Hughes poem "Harlem" was featured in what movie?
A Raisin in the Sun
400

a belief that black people should create their own societies, separate and distinct from white societies

second question: biased/misleading information (poster, verbiage etc.) used to promote political ideals and view points

third question: requires men of all races 21 to 31 years to register to be drafted into the military

Black nationalism


propaganda

Selective Service Act


400

first black fighter pilot


second question: poet, essayist and playwright

Eugene Jacques Bullard


Langston Hughes

400

Why did ruling countries benefit from imperialism?

second question: what two infantries saw battle

for natural resources

other answers: for land, power, money


second question answer: 92nd and 93rd infantry divisions

400

Why were few African Americans trained for combat?


second question: How were African Americans treated after WWI once they returned home?

Some racist politicians and southerners feared that they might riot and use the weapons against them

possible answers: Poorly, did not get metals like the white soldiers did in America, few had parades to participate in 

400
Why do you think Harlem was home to an African American cultural movement?
African Americans living in Harlem felt a strong sense of pride and identity. This spirited attracted talented African American artists, thinkers, and musicians. Along with the Great Migration this made Harlem the center for the Renaissance
500

the idea that people of African heritage from around the world should work together to achieve freedom and equality

Second question: Harlem Hell Fighters, first black combat unit sent overseas, saw a lot battle

third question: early variety show that featured acting, music, and comedy


Pan-Africanism


369th Infantry


Vaudeville

500

the most militant of the Harlem Renaissance writers

Second question: started the "Back to Africa" movement

Claude Mckay


Marcus Garvey

500

what are two key factors in the decline of the Harlem Renaissance?


second question: what are the other three main cities that African Americans migrated to?

important leaders moved away, the Great Depression


Second question answer: Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh

500
What are the four categories Beaulieu breaks civilizations into?
Western, China, Japan, partly modernized, and Barbaric regions
500
What were two important black owned newspapers that advocated for blacks to move to the north

The Chicago Defender

and The Crisis