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WorksheetsThe Harlem Renaissance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A travelling basketball team
A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature
A medieval game
Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular
Great Migration refers to African Americans movement from
North to the South
East to the West
South to the North
North to the West
The term segregation means
it only had an impact on the immediate area of New York
African Americans spreading from the area of Harlem to other parts of the nation
a city in New York also named Harlem
the legal separation of people based on race, ethnic or other differences
What was a major accomplishment of the Renaissance?
Getting people to not be as racist.
Separate African Americans completely from the rest of America
The Harlem Renaissance promoted racial equality in what way?
It made the way black people have the same opportunities as white people.
It broke through racial barriers of segregation.
It gave all black people a home, an income, and happiness.
It made white people treat black people as their equals.
The time period known as the Harlem Renaissance was?
1950-1960
1925-1935
1910-1920
1920-1930
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.
South
East
West
North
Which of the following is a push factor in the Great Migration?
better equality opportunities in the north
job opportunity in northern cities
racial disrimination and lynching in southern cities
None of the Above
Jim Crow Laws were?
a set of rules that legalized alcohol during the Prohibition period
A set of state and local laws legalized segregation enforcing racism
Laws that stated that African Americans had to leave the south and go to the north
a City in New York beside Harlem
The term migration refers to?
A animal that was living in the south
Jim Crow Laws
movement of people to another area
movement of animals to another area
the relocation of millions of African-Americans from the rural south to northern and western cities in the US from 1910-1920. Many moved to escape southern poverty and segregationist laws following the outbreak of World War I.
double consciousness
Great Migration
Harlem
renaissance
Pull Factors that pulled African Americans to the largest cities
Better Air Quality
Discrimination
Jim Crowe Laws
Better Jobs/Opportunities
