Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course #2

How many Black Americans migrated to northern cities in the early 1900s?

• 100,000

• 1 million

• 15 million

Could most artists pursue their work full-time? 

• Yes

• No

Moving to the North didn't solve all problems. Black Americans escaped the _______ in the South, but still had to deal with _________ in the North.

• laws, anger

• violence, great injustice

• discrimination, violence

What was Booker T. Washington's philosophy?

• Accommodation to segregation and building of Black economic freedom through vocational labor

• Fighting back figuratively and literally against segregation

• Keeping white and black people in segregated communities

What was the name of the magazine by Randolph and Owen that was defining what it meant to be the "New Negro"?

• The New York Times

• The Messenger

• Life Magazine

Where did UNIA begin?

• Bahamas

• America

• Jamaica  

Which famous Civil Rights leader's parents followed the teachings of Marcus Garvey?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Bayard Rustin

• Kwame Ture

• Malcolm X

Why was Marcus Garvey seen as divisive to some African American people

• His alignment with racist groups

• His views towards mixed race people

• Both of these

• None of these

What were some of the issues that the UNIA worked to address?

• Voter Registration

• Health Care

• Education

• All of these

• None of these

How would Black Americans assert themselves in American society as people who deserve equal rights?

• manufacturing goods

• politics

• riots