Jazz Age & Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a time when African-Americans ________.

• all left the United States to settle in Africa

• created important works of literature

• used civil disobedience to fight the theory of evolution

• all migrated to the West in search of land and jobs

What was a major result of Prohibition?

• the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

• resistance to the theory of evolution

• the rise of organized crime

• restrictions on immigration

Which of the following is true about the jazz music of the 1920s?

• It was usually played by bands with only 1-2 members

• It was popular only among African-Americans.

• The melodies made it difficult to dance to.

• It was originally invented by African-Americans in the South.

The Scopes Trial was about a conflict between ________.

• science and religion

• isolationism and international issues

• traditional roles and new roles for women

• Prohibition and organized crime

The Ku Klux Klan became popular again in the 1920s partly because of the ________.

• number of blacks who moved to the South

• racist film Birth of a Nation

• law against manufacturing and selling alcohol

• influence of the flappers

What was the direct result of the government's pro-business policies in the early 1920s?

• The stock market grew.

• African-American culture flourished in the North.

• Scopes was arrested for breaking the law.

• Most businesses failed.

Flapper was the name for a ________.

• jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance

• member of a racist group started after the Civil War

• secret club where people would go to drink during Prohibition

• new fashion icon for women in the 1920s

Why did supporters of Prohibition want to outlaw alcohol?

• to make Americans healthier

• to get rid of immoral behavior

• because alcohol manufacturers were making too much money

• because alcohol manufacturers were racist

True or False: Prohibition laws were followed very strictly by everyone in the US.

• True

• False

________ was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance who used blues motifs in his poems.

• Marcus Garvey

• Langston Hughes

• Al Capone

• Warren G. Harding