Harlem Renaissance

Which answer best explains the goal of the Harlem Renaissance?

• The goal of the Harlem Renaissance was for African Americans to appreciate their culture and not feel embarrassed to be black.

• The goal of the Harlem Renaissance was for African Americans to assimilate white culture so that they would receive equal rights.

• The goal of the Harlem Renaissance was for African Americans to understand the difference between white and black culture.

• The goal of the Harlem Renaissance was for African Americans to appreciate their culture and return to their homelands.

Which answer best explains the cause of the Great Migration?

• Northern blacks were experiencing economic hardship and housing trouble and so moved to the South.
• Southern blacks were experiencing suppression of their civil liberties, lack of economic opportunity, and danger from the resurging Ku Klux Klan and so moved to the North.
• Black leaders were supporting black nationalism and calling for an all-black state located in the North.
• Blacks from across the country saw the opportunity offered within the arts for city blacks and so moved to large cities.

Which answer best describes the lasting impact of the Harlem Renaissance on American Culture?

• The Harlem Renaissance gave black families both political and economic freedom that they had not experienced before with new laws retaining their civil liberties.
• The Harlem Renaissance gave an opportunity to black families to return to Africa and their previous homelands whereas before they were limited on traveling abilities.
• The Harlem Renaissance gave black artists control over the representation of the black experience in American art whereas before their representations were depicted and determined by white artists.
• The Harlem Renaissance gave a sense of loss and confusion to black youth as they tried to find their way in a white America whereas before they had white leaders giving them direction.

Which answer best explains why the Harlem Renaissance is called thus?

• The Harlem Renaissance offered African Americans a chance to return to Africa, their native homeland
• The Harlem Renaissance was a time of cultural assimilation during which African Americans began to take part in traditionally white culture
• The Harlem Renaissance offered African Americans a chance to recreate their culture from scratch
• The Harlem Renaissance was a time of cultural rebirth for African Americans

Which leader wanted the integration of blacks and whites with equal rights for all?

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Booker T. Washington
• Marcus Garvey
• Langston Hughes
• Duke Ellington

Which leader wanted some rights for blacks but still thought it best to be segregated?

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Booker T. Washington
• Marcus Garvey
• Langston Hughes
• Duke Ellington

Which leader wanted equal rights for blacks but continued segregation?

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Booker T. Washington
• Marcus Garvey
• Langston Hughes
• Duke Ellington