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WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance & The Cotton Club
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
When did The Cotton Club become one of the most famous establishments in American history?
1930s
1920s
1940s
1950s
Owney "The Killer" Madden bought the club and changed the name to The Cotton Club in 1923. What was his main purpose for owning the club?
To showcase African American talent because he believed in equality
To own a jazz club because he loved jazz
To sell alcohol illegally
True or False: The Cotton Club only featured Black performers.
True
False
True or False: The Cotton Club only allowed white customers.
True
False
True or False: Performers at The Cotton Club were paid less than performers at other clubs.
True
False
Although many famous musicians performed there, who was considered the "true star" of The Cotton Club?
Fats Waller
Louis Armstrong
Owney Madden
Duke Ellington
True or False: Performers at The Cotton Club had to spend their breaks in the basement of a different building.
True
False
The poems "Mother to Son" and "I, Too" were written by which Harlem Renaissance writer?
Zora Neale Hurston
W.E.B. Dubois
Langston Hughes
Ella Fitzgerald
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
It is a part of New York City.
It is a type of music.
It is an important cultural period in African American and American history.
It is when slavery was abolished in the USA.
When did the Harlem Renaissance happen?
1900s
1920s
1940s
1060s
What was the Great Migration?
It was when a large number of people migrated from Mexico to the U.S.
It was when a lot of Black people moved from the South to countries in Africa.
It was when a lot of Black people moved from the South to northern cities like New York, Chicago, etc.
It is when birds fly south for the winter.
Where does jazz music come from?
New York City
New Orleans
The Caribbean
South Africa
What city was Louis Armstrong from?
New York City
Harlem
New Orleans, Louisiana
Gary, Indiana
True or False: Louis Armstrong had to quit school in order to work BEFORE he reached the grade you are currently in.
True
False
Louis Armstrong had to spend 2 years at the "Colored Waifs Home for Boys." What did he do to get put there?
He shot a gun into the air on New Years Eve.
He cussed out a police officer.
He shot somebody accidentally.
He was singing for money on the street and that wasn't allowed.
Which of the following statements are NOT true about Louis Armstrong's childhood?
His father abandoned the family when Louis was very young.
He lived with his uncle in his teenage years.
His mother worked as a maid and a prostitute.
He grew up in extreme poverty.
