WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, intellectual, and artistic movement.
True
False
Louis Armstrong was a _______________.
Poet
Jazz Musician
An Athlete
Person
Who wrote "What a Wonderful World"
Duke Ellington
Fats Waller
Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong
The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
The Great Migration refers to
The movement of African Americans from the south to the north
The movement of African Americans from the north to the south
The spread of African culture after slavery ended
The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa
When did the Harlem Renaissance start?
2017
1920
1930
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Park Bench - Poem by Langston Hughes
1 I live on a park bench.
2 You, Park Avenue.
3 Hell of a distance
4 Between us two.
5 I beg a dime for dinner-
6 You got a butler and maid.
7 But I'm wakin' up!
8 Say, ain't you afraid
9 That I might, just maybe,
10 In a year or two,
11 Move on over
12 To Park Avenue?
How many stanzas in the poem?
One
Twelve
Three
Park Bench - Poem by Langston Hughes
1 I live on a park bench.
2 You, Park Avenue.
3 Hell of a distance
4 Between us two.
5 I beg a dime for dinner-
6 You got a butler and maid.
7 But I'm wakin' up!
8 Say, ain't you afraid
9 That I might, just maybe,
10 In a year or two,
11 Move on over
12 To Park Avenue?
The speaker of the poem
Is Langston Hughes
Is wealthy
Is poor
The Harlem Renaissance
Occurred in Harlem, New York
Took place in the 1920s
Was a period of intellectual, artistic, and social explosion
All of the answers are correct
Which action was evidence that the prosperity of the roaring 20s was an illusion?
the buying and selling of stocks
the overproduction of consumer goods
the sharp increase in the birth rate
the widespread use of buying on credit
What technological advancement contributed most to the growth of towns and cities in the 1920s & 1930s?
electric lights
automobile
radio
telephone
