WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction?
Laws were created to increase African Americans' rights.
Poll Taxes were decreased to ensure voting practices.
Laws were created to limit African Americans' rights.
Which statement correctly matches the author and his work?
Langston Hughes was a novelist who wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
Jacob Lawrence was an artist who painted urban and Southwest scenes.
The photograph above was an example of —
Reconstruction
Freeman's Bureau legislation
Jim Crow Laws
Langston Hughes is known for which cultural movement?
Victorian
Surrealism
Harlem Renaissance
Realism
What effect did the Harlem Renaissance have on white Americans?
It made them aware of the cultural contributions of African Americans.
It encouraged them to end unfair discriminatory practices.
It inspired Progressive leaders to take up the cause of civil rights.
It led them to participate in non-violent protests and demonstrations.
Identify four individuals associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Thurgood Marshall
Zora Neale Hurston
Louis Armstrong
W.E.B. DuBois
Duke Ellington
Which type of discrimination is portrayed in this Jacob Lawrence painting from his Great Migration series?
White people received the higher paying jobs in the North and Midwest.
African Americans experienced segregation in public facilities.
There were few job opportunities for African Americans in the North.
The following individuals contributed to the literature, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance EXCEPT —
Jacob Laurence
George Gershwin
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
The poem above was published in 1926. Which statement best supports the author's view of African Americans in the United States?
The author accepts the discrimination of African Americans.
The author believes the treatment of African Americans will worsen in the future.
The author is hopeful that conditions will improve for African Americans in the future.
Which statement BEST explains one result of the Harlem Renaissance?
African American artists helped foster a new sense of unity and cultural pride.
Artists spread political and social ideals of nationalism to the public.
Artists and musicians began to include themes of discontent about foreign policy.
