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Harlem Renaissance

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)

Folk

c)
Country
d)
Rock
2.

The Great Migration was the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural ______ to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.

a)

South

b)

East

c)

West

d)

North

3.

One of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry, poetry that "demonstrates jazz-like rhythm." Significant works include "I, Too," "Let America be America Again."

a)
Langston Hughes
b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

W. E. B. Du Bois

4.

A French word meaning “rebirth”

a)

Coherence

b)

Renaissance

c)

Dialect

d)

Rabâcher

5.

Where is Harlem?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Detroit

d)

San Francisco

6.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

A travelling basketball team

b)

A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

c)

A medieval game

d)

Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

7.
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
8.

What led up to the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

The Civil War

b)

World War II

c)

The American Revolution

d)

World War I

9.
How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration?
a)
Many who migrated ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music.
b)
The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration.  They have nothhing in common.
10.
Harlem is a neighborhood in 
a)
New York City
b)
New Orleans
c)
New Jersey
d)
Africa
11.
The Harlem Renaissance helped prove that
a)
art includes everyone
b)
only African-Americans can play jazz
c)
African-Americans are better off when separated from other ethnic groups
d)
Langston Hughes is the best poet
12.

The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?

a)

1900s

b)

1910s

c)

1920s

d)

1930s

13.
Which of the following was a major factor influencing the Harlem Renaissance? 
a)
The Great Migration
b)
Collective Identity 
c)
Cultural Pride
d)
All of the above