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Ch 5 Lesson 2- Roaring 20s

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Harlem Renaissance refers to

a)

The period when more than six million African Americans migrated out of the South.

b)

The integration of previously all white neighborhoods and schools.

c)

the explosion of a new urban black culture that sought to redefine itself through music, art, and literature

d)

The explosive race riots that erupted to segregation and racial oppression.

2.

African Americans fled from the South in pursuit of

a)

jobs, higher wages, better benefits, bigger cities

b)

jobs, higher wages, escape racism, better education

c)

jobs, higher wages, more hospitable climate, escape slavery

d)

Jobs, higher wages, escape slavery, better education

3.

Which of the following was a major contribution to American popular culture made by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

classical music

b)

jazz music

c)

rock n roll music

d)

country western music

4.

African American jazz composer and pianist in the Harlem Renaissance

a)

Al Capone

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Red Scare

d)

Duke Ellington

5.

Artist that was known for their paintings of urban (city) settings, and later the deserts of the Southwest.

a)

Georgia O'Keefe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Aaron Copland.

6.

Author that wrote about the fast-ace lifestyle of the 1920s and the newness of the Jazz Age. Most famous book is The Great Gatsby.

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

George Gershwin

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

7.

Author that wrote books about the struggles of migrant workers and the struggles faced by the poor working class. Most famous book is The Grapes of Wrath.

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Duke Ellington

8.

TWO American composers that wrote music that reminded people of U.S. landscapes. One wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" and the other guy wrote "Appalachian Spring."

a)

George Gershwin

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Aaron Copland

9.

Painter who illustrated African Americans moving to the Northeast and Midwest during the Great Migration.

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Jacob Lawrence

d)

Georgia O'Keefe

10.

Poet that wrote about the struggles African Americans faced in the United States. Most famous poem is "Dreams."

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

John Steinbeck

11.

Harlem Renaissance musician that played the trumpet, sang, and was nicknamed "Satchmo."

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Benny Goodman

12.

Harlem Renaissance that sung the Blues and about the hard times in life.

a)

Bessie Smith

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Aaron Copland

13.

Which of the following were AUTHORS / POETS / WRITERS during the Jazz Age?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Aaron Copeland

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

14.

Novelist and anthropologist of the Harlem Renaissance; one of her most famous novels Their Eyes Were Watching God

a)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Josephine Baker

15.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
a)
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
b)
A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP
c)
A program to promote African-American owned businesses
d)
A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s
16.

•I am a poet

•My most famous collection of poems is called “Color”

•I encourage racial pride and spoke out against racism

-I married W.E.B. DuBois' daughter

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Charles Lindbergh

17.

•I am a writer and a filmmaker

•I wrote about the lives of African Americans living in the South

•I celebrated black culture during the Harlem Renaissance

-I was a cultural anthropologist, too

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Georgia O'Keefe

18.

-I am an author of the Harlem Renaissance

-My most famous book is Invisible Man

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Ralph Ellison