Ch 8 The Jazz Age Review 21-22

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

• Great Expectations

• Great Migration

• The Big Move

• Great Opportunities

What was the era of emerging African American artists called?

• The Migration Movement

• The Rise of Jazz

• Getting the Blues

• Harlem Renaissance

Who was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

• Louis Armstrong

• Bessie Smith

Who were two great jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Bessie Smith , Tess Harper

• Irving Berlin, Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

• Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington

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

• The Jazz Singer

• Shuffle Along

• The Color Purple

• The Mask of Zorro

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

• they were a powerful voting block and could sway elections

• they did not vote together and could not get candidates elected

• there was no impact because they were disenfranchised

• they only voted for democrats

The NAACP affected national politics in all of the following ways except

• protested lynchings

• achieved universal suffrage

• organized a campaign to defeat a racist judge to the Supreme Court

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

• Marcus Garvey

• Oscar Depriest

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

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

• Marcus Garvey

• Oscar DePriest

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

The NAACP affected national politics in all of the following ways except

• protested lynchings

• achieved universal suffrage

• organized a campaign to defeat a racist judge to the Supreme Court