Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?

• 1900s

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

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The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

• an organization created to help promote African-American businesses

• a period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers

• a movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities

• a relief program to provide jobs for minority workers

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One goal of the Harlem Renaissance writers was to

• support existing racial barriers

• increase pride in African American culture

• encourage African Americans to create their own political party

• cut off connections with mainstream American values

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The Great Migration refers to

• The movement of African Americans from the south to the north

• The movement of African Americans from the north to the south

• The spread of African culture after slavery ended

• The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa

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W.E.B. DuBois was one of the founders of the

• NAACP

• UNIA-ACL

• Cotton Club

• Great Migration

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Zora Neale Hurston is best known for which novel?

• The Souls of Black Folk

• The Weary Blues

• Their Eyes Were Watching God

• A Dream Deferred

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Langston Hughes was known for being all of the following except a

• poet

• novelist

• actor

• social activist

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What literary element does Hughes use in his poem "A Dream Deferred" to show his central idea?

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society by

• establishing government programs to assist African Americans

• encouraging urban renewal projects in major American cities

• ending racial segregation of public facilities

• increasing awareness of African American contributions to American culture

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What best describes the economic policies of the Presidents in the 1920s? (return to Normalcy)

• a decrease in government regulation and support of pro-business policies, big businesses is back

• an increase in government regulation and support of pro-labor policies,

• an increase in government mediation of labor strikes

• a decrease in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy

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