Unit 5 The 1920s, Obj. #3 The Harlem Renaissance

This American musical form developed by Black Americans based on improvisation and blending blues, ragtime, and European-based popular music.

• Hip Hop

• Country

• Jazz

• Swing

Looking to escape racial discrimination and violence and seeking opportunities at a better life, this was movement of nearly one million of African Americans in the early 1900s from the South to the North:

• The Great Migration

• The Black Exodus

• The Long March

• Reconstruction

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A period during the 1920s in which Black American writers, musicians, and artists celebrated their culture:

• The Black Awakening

• Celebration of Blackness

• Southern Escape

• Harlem Renaissance

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What idea is BEST illustrated in this 1924 poem written by Langston Hughes?

• Passive Resistance

• Racial Pride

• Nationalism

• Patriotism

Which of these forms of American music were influenced by Jazz?

• Country

• Rock

• Hip Hop

• All of the above