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People you NEED to Know The Roaring Twenties

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Aaron Copeland?

a)

American composer;

know for ballet and

orchestra music

b)

African-American jazz singer and

blues queen

c)

Became president with Harding died;

President who restored the public’s trust in government.

Supporter of business

d)

Jazz musician

Led the swing movement

True artists with the piano

2.

Who is Bessie Smith?

a)

Painter of abstract art - known for her larger than life pictures of flowers

b)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

c)

African-American jazz singer and

blues queen

d)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

3.

Who is Calvin Coolidge?

a)

American composer;

know for ballet and

orchestra music

b)

American author

Wrote The Great Gatsby which captured the luxurious side of 1920’s life

c)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

d)

Became president with Harding died;

President who restored the public’s trust in government.

Supporter of business

4.

Who is Duke Ellington?

a)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

b)

Jazz musician

Led the swing movement

True artists with the piano

c)

Brothers who invented the airplane

d)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

5.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

a)

American author

Wrote The Great Gatsby which captured the luxurious side of 1920’s life

b)

American composer known for his Broadway style tunes

c)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

d)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

6.

Who is George Gershwin

a)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

b)

Painter of abstract art - known for her larger than life pictures of flowers

c)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

d)

American composer known for his Broadway style tunes

7.

Who is Georgia O'Keefe

a)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

b)

Painter of abstract art - known for her larger than life pictures of flowers

c)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

d)

Brothers who invented the airplane

8.

Who is Jacob Lawrence?

a)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

b)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

c)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

d)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

9.

Who is Langston Hughes

a)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

b)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

c)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

d)

American composer;

know for ballet and

orchestra music

10.

Who is Louis Armstrong?

a)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

b)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

c)

Brothers who invented the airplane

d)

African-American jazz singer and

blues queen

11.

Who is Marcus Garvey?

a)

Jamaican immigrant who stated African Americans should move back to Africa

b)

Became president with Harding died;

President who restored the public’s trust in government.

Supporter of business

c)

African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about racial pride

d)

American composer;

know for ballet and

orchestra music

12.

Who were the Wright Brothers?

a)

African-American jazz trumpet player from the Harlem Renaissance

b)

Became president with Harding died;

President who restored the public’s trust in government.

Supporter of business

c)

Painter of the Great Migration series showing African-Americans moving out of the south

d)

Brothers who invented the airplane