Harlem Renaissance Newsela Reading Quiz

Where did 90% of the Black population live before the Harlem Renaissance

• South

• North

What was the Great Migration?

• The movement of middle class families to larger cities

• Native Americans picking up their lives and heading West

• Black Americans migrating from the rural South to urban the North

What does the article mean when it says the Great Migration was caused by a "push" and "pull"?

• A "push" and "pull" newly invented train system took many families North.

• At the same time Jim Crow laws and white supremacy was pushing Black families away from the South, the hope of new jobs and a booming economy pulled families to the North.

• Black families were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated.

Who, according to the article, was the most prolific writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Langston Hughes

• Claude McKay

• Eubie Blake

What was Langston Hughes inspired by?

• Poets that lived in Harlem

• Biblical proverbs and verses

• Jazz and Blues

One of the hallmarks of jazz is improvisation. What does this mean?

• Musicians have creative freedom to change parts of a performance meaning no two performances were the same.

• No practice was done before a concert and no sheet music was allowed at performances.