8.5 African American Culture & Politics

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What was the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North known as?

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Great Migration

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What was the era of emerging African American artists called?

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Harlem Renaissance

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Who was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

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Claude McKay

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Who were two great jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance?

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Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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What was the first musical written, produced, and performed by African American?

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Shuffle Along

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What impact did African Americans have in elections during the 1920s?

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they were a powerful voting block and could sway elections

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The NAACP affected national politics in all of the following ways except: protested lynchings, organized a campaign to defeat a racist judge to the Supreme Court.

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achieved universal suffrage

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Who was the first African American representative to Congress from a Northern state?

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Oscar Depriest

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Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which promoted black pride and unity?

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Marcus Garvey