Unit 4 Study Guide

Great Migration'.

• A. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans who helped spread jazz across the U.S.

• B. Harlem nightclub known for featuring black performers but banning black customers

• C. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities

• D. Period of creativity for African American writers, artists, and musicians

• E. Writer and poet whose work expressed hope and the struggle for equality

'Harlem Renaissance'.

• A. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans who helped spread jazz across the U.S.

• B. Harlem nightclub known for featuring black performers but banning black customers

• C. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities

• D. Period of creativity for African American writers, artists, and musicians

• E. Writer and poet whose work expressed hope and the struggle for equality

'Langston Hughes'.

• A. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans who helped spread jazz across the U.S.

• B. Harlem nightclub known for featuring black performers but banning black customers

• C. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities

• D. Period of creativity for African American writers, artists, and musicians

• E. Writer and poet whose work expressed hope and the struggle for equality

'Louis Armstrong'.

• A. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans who helped spread jazz across the U.S.

• B. Harlem nightclub known for featuring black performers but banning black customers

• C. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities

• D. Period of creativity for African American writers, artists, and musicians

• E. Writer and poet whose work expressed hope and the struggle for equality

'Cotton Club'.

• A. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans who helped spread jazz across the U.S.

• B. Harlem nightclub known for featuring black performers but banning black customers

• C. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities

• D. Period of creativity for African American writers, artists, and musicians

• E. Writer and poet whose work expressed hope and the struggle for equality

Which of the following was a push factor that caused African Americans to leave the South?

• Better schools

• Factory jobs

• Segregation and racial violence

• Less farmland

What was a pull factor that attracted African Americans to Northern cities?

• Farming jobs

• Freedom from slavery

• Hope for tolerance and factory jobs

• Warm weather

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A. A political protest movement

• B. A period of artistic and cultural growth among African Americans

• C. A group of northern labor unions

• D. A new kind of jazz music

What was one reality African Americans faced after moving north?

• Equal rights and no segregation

• Hidden forms of racism and race riots

• Large farms with new jobs

• Free housing and better pay

The Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance helped shape African American life in the early 1900s by:

• encouraging cultural expression and new opportunities in northern cities.

• leading to the end of racial segregation in the South.

• causing a decline in African American population in urban areas.

• resulting in the immediate achievement of equal rights for African Americans.