Harlem Renaissance Notes

Where is Harlem?

• New York

• Chicago

• Detroit

• San Francisco

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A travelling basketball team

• A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

• A medieval game

• Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

During which decades did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

• 1900-1910

• 1920s and 1930s

• 1940s and 1950s

• late 1800s

Who was Louis Armstrong?

• famous African American artist

• famous African American painter

• famous African American musician

Which art form WASN'T represented in the Harlem Renaissance?

• painting and art
• music and theatre
• fiction and poetry
• sculpture and architecture

The Harlem Renaissance refers to:

• A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
• A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP
• A program to promote African-American owned businesses
• A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

In the early 1920s, African American _______, writers, musicians, and performers.

Check every different professional that was considered part of or played a role in the Harlem Renaissance.

• artists

• writers

• electricians

• cartographers

• musicians

Check every different professional that was considered part of or played a role in the Harlem Renaissance

• firemen

• doctors

• students

• shopkeepers

• painters

What led up to the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Civil War

• World War II

• The American Revolution

• World War I