Jazz Age: Part 2

The thriving of African American arts was the:

• Blues Renaissance 

• Harlem Renaissance

• Jazz Renaissance

A Famous Harlem nightspot was the:

• Langston Club

• Cotton Club

• Harlem Club

The Movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North was called:

• Great Move 

• Great Migration 

• North Migration

A Famous African American blues singer was:

• Langston Hughes 

• Louis Armstrong 

• Bessie Smith

 A writer, became the leading voice of the African American experience was:

• Charles Warner

• Bessie Smith

• Langston Hughes

A group that works against segregation and discrimination are the:

• United States Advancement for Colored People

• Southern Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

 An African American who introduced a form of jazz was:

• Bessie Smith 

• Eli Whitney

• Louis Armstrong

Why did many African Americans move from the South to the North (Great Migration)?

• They hoped to escape segregation and better their lives.

• The government was giving away free land.

• Most were artists and wanted to be a part of the Harlem Renaissance.

 _______, in New York City, was the center of artists, musicians, writers and racial pride.

• Harlem 

• Hampton

• Tribeca

 ___fought for African American separation, believing African Americans should move to Liberia in Africa.

a) Mark Gilligan                  b) Marcus Garvey              c) Louis Armstrong

• Mark Gilligan

• Marcus Garvey

• Louis Armstrong