NEGRO SPIRITUALS: THE BIRTH OF JAZZ

NEGRO SPIRITUALS: THE BIRTH OF JAZZ

5th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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NEGRO SPIRITUALS: THE BIRTH OF JAZZ

NEGRO SPIRITUALS: THE BIRTH OF JAZZ

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5th - 8th Grade

Hard

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Yolanda Stewart

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

WHO IS THIS WOMAN?

BESSIE SMITH

HARRIET TUBMAN

AUGUSTA SAVAGE

LANGSTELLA HUGHES

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

SLAVES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEARN TO READ OR WRITE BECAUSE

IT WOULD CULTIVATE THEIR MINDS AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO QUESTION AUTHORITY OF THE SLAVE OWNERS

THEY WOULD LEARN AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR OWNERS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE EDUCATED

THEY WOULD GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WHICH WOULD EMPOWER THEIR MINDS AND TAKE CONTROL

ALL OF THE ABOVE

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

SLAVES COMMUNICATED THROUGH

ANIMALS

SWIMMING

COTTON

SONGS

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

THIS SONG EXPRESSED BEING FREE ONE DAY FROM SLAVERY EVEN IN DEATH AFTER LIFE

GET ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES

ROCK AND ROLL

ROLL JORDAN ROLL

JUST ROLL ALONG

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

NEGRO SPIRITUALS WERE

SONGS SLAVES SONG TO EXPRESS THEIR DESIRE FOR FREEDOM AND THEIR DEVOTION TO THEIR FAITH

JAZZ SONGS FOR ONLY DANCING IN NIGHTCLUBS

MUSIC ONLY AND NO SINGING

MUSIC ONLY USED ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

SONGS THAT KEPT SLAVES ENCOURAGED WHILE IN THE FIELDS PICKING COTTON OR OTHER CHORES WERE CALLED

SLEEPING REST SONGS

WORK SONGS

PLAY TAG SONGS

EATING SONGS

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

WHY WERE THE DRUMS TAKEN FROM SLAVES?

THE SLAVES COULD NOT KEEP THE RIGHT BEATS

SLAVES PLAYED THE DRUMS MORE THAN THEY WORKED

THE SLAVES COMMUNICATED TO ONE ANOTHER USING THE DRUMS AS CODES

THE SLAVES BEAT THEM TOO LOUDLY

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