WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance & 1920s Culture
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Poet, novelist, playwright of Harlem Renaissance; poems I, Too and Mother to Son
Countee Cullen
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
African American boxer during the 1920s
Jack Johnson
Oscar Micheaux
Aaron Douglas
Countee Cullen
Blues singer; called Empress of the Blues
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Zora Neale Hurston
Louis Armstrong
Novelist and anthropologist of the Harlem Renaissance; one of her most famous novels There Eyes Were Watching God
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Bessie Smith
Zora Neale Hurston
Josephine Baker
Famous jazz pianist, composer, conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; Known for big band jazz
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Aaron Douglas
Louis Armstrong
Famous jazz trumpeter and conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; nicknamed Satchmo.
Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
Aaron Copland
Louis Armstrong
Famous artist during the Harlem Renaissance that used his art to bring attention to racism and segregation
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jacob Lawrence
Aaron Douglas
James Van der Zee
Most photographs taken of African American life in NYC during the Harlem Renaissance were by him
Oscar Micheaux
Langston Hughes
Aaron Douglas
James Van der Zee
Produced over 40 movies during the 1920s that had all African American casts. His movies discussed critical topics from an African American point of view.
Oscar Micheaux
Jacob Lawrence
Aaron Douglas
James Van der Zee
Harlem Renaissance poet; preferred to write positively about racial topics and urged others to write poems in standard, traditional styles on standard topics.
Countee Cullen
Jessie Redmon Fauset
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance novelist (also editor of The Crisis); one of her most famous novels - There is Confusion
Countee Cullen
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Zora Neale Hurston
Bessie Smith
Famous dancer and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance; danced the Charleston. Grew in fame as a performer in France.
Josephine Baker
Bessie Smith
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Zora Neale Hurston
Artist first known for his paintings about the Great Migration painted in 1940-1941
Oscar Micheaux
Jacob Lawrence
Aaron Douglas
Langston Hughes
Which artist was known for urban scenes and later, paintings of the Southwest?
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Copland
Bessie Smith
Georgia O'Keeffe
Which writer's novels and short stories shaped the public's views of the 1920s? The Jazz Age, Great Gatsby, Bernice Bobs Her Hair
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
George Gershwin
Which of the following were musicians? Select 3
Charlie Chaplin
Aaron Copland
Duke Ellington
Georgia O'Keeffe
George Gershwin
Which of the following were writers during the 1920s? Select 3
Countee Cullen
Josephine Baker
Jessie Redmon Faust
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Martha Graham
Which classical composers wrote uniquely American music for orchestras during the 1920s?
Aaron Copland
Aaron Douglas
Zora Neale Hurston
George Gershwin
Louis Armstrong
Which of the following were known for jazz or blues music during the Harlem Renaissance? Select 3
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Countee Cullen
Louis Armstrong
Aaron Douglas
Which 2 people were known for their dancing during the 1920s?
Zora Neale Hurston
Martha Graham
Josephine Baker
Walt Disney
Charlie Chaplin
