A New Voice and Great Depression

Many musicians, writers, and visual artists Of the Harlem renaissance were

• Unable to generate interest in their work beyond the American South

• Opposed to the creation of new styles and and forms of art

• Inspired by elements of traditional African cultures

• Invited by the US military to entertain troops during World War I

What was one effect of the Harlem renaissance?

• It started the great migration

• It helped popularize jazz music

• It created a large black middle class

• It trained leaders of the civil rights movement

According to scholar Alain Locke, the “New Negro” differed from previous generations of American Africans by

• Blending modern and traditional art forms

• Denying that whites and African-Americans could intergrate

• Demanding respect and an end to discrimination

• Leaving the North and South to resettle in the West

Which statement best summarizes the Great Migration of African Americans during the early decades of the 1900s?

• Facing the shortage of available land in the south, African-Americans move to areas of the country that had not yet been heavily industrialized

• Encouraged by better job prospects in the north and west, African Americans left the south, hoping to escape poverty and racial discrimination

• Pressured by civil rights organizations, Congress passed laws creating aid programs to enable African-Americans to move to cities

• Needing to recruit more soldiers, the US Army provided free housing to the families of African Americans, who enlisted

Which trend most contributed to the Red Summer?

• A rapid deterioration of housing conditions in African-American communities

• A sharp rise in unemployment among white workers

• An increase in African-Americans joining the socialist movement

• An escalation of racial tensions in northern cities

Which direction on the map best describes the movement of African Americans during the Great Migration?

• They went from the South to the Midwest(Chicago) to the East ( New York)

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Which factor was most likely to convince African Americans to leave the south during the 1920s?

• The absence of segregation and racial discrimination in the north and west

• The construction of low cost government housing in cities in the north

• The sale of inexpensive government land in the West

• The availability of better paying jobs in the north and west

Which statement best describes the”Lost Generation” of the 1920s?

• These expatriates wrote about their feelings of alienation and criticized consumerism

• These musicians, fused, classical and tribal rhythms, into a new form, called jazz music

• These young women used fashion to challenge. Conventional ideas about femininity.

• These gangsters fought over large profits that resulted from bootlegging

During the 1920s, American farmers experienced which trend?

• Rising land prices resulting from speculation

• Increasing profits resulting from a boom in exports

• Decreasing productivity resulting from urbanization

• Declining crop prices resulting from overproduction

Which statement best describes the business trends that prevailed in the United States during the 1920s?

• Shortages of unskilled laborers led to an increased appreciation by American manufacturers for their employees

• Gains made by labor unions in most industries, contributed to substantial wage increases for American workers

• Government policies, focused on shrinking the income gap between wealthy and working class Americans

• Large numbers of Americans directly influenced the economy by purchasing stocks and buying luxury goods on credit