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The Harlem Renaissance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The rebirth of African American arts and culture is known as:
a)
The Industrial Revolution
b)
The Harlem Renaissance
c)
Napoleonic Era
d)
Edwardian period
2.
When did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
a)
The end of WW1 and the 1930's
b)
1930's-1940's
c)
1900's-1920's
d)
1910's-1920's
3.
What city is Harlem part of?
a)
Los Angeles
b)
Chicago
c)
New York City
d)
Detroit
4.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Rock
5.

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

6.

Great Migration refers to African Americans movement from

a)

North to the South

b)

East to the West

c)

South to the North

d)

North to the West

7.

The term segregation means

a)

it only had an impact on the immediate area of New York

b)

African Americans spreading from the area of Harlem to other parts of the nation

c)

a city in New York also named Harlem

d)

the legal separation of people based on race, ethnic or other differences

8.

What was a major accomplishment of the Renaissance?

a)
document the experiences of their people
b)
show off their talents (dancing, singing, writing, etc)
c)

Getting people to not be as racist.

d)

Separate African Americans completely from the rest of America

9.
The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because
a)
it was the first time African-Americans published their art
b)
African-American artists were taken seriously 
c)
So many African-Americans moved to that one neighborhood
d)
That's when the first African-American won an Oscar
10.

The Harlem Renaissance promoted racial equality in what way?

a)


It made the way black people have the same opportunities as white people. 

b)


It broke through racial barriers of segregation.

c)

It gave all black people a home, an income, and happiness. 

d)

It made white people treat black people as their equals.

11.
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
12.
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
13.

The time period known as the Harlem Renaissance was?

a)

1950-1960

b)

1925-1935

c)

1910-1920

d)

1920-1930

14.
The artists' from the Harlem Renaissance goal was to..
a)
Run the white people out of the neighborhood
b)
publish more songs, poems, and stories than ever before
c)
create an expression of their dark-skinned selves
d)
win a national elected office
15.

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

16.

Which of the following is a push factor in the Great Migration? 

a)


better equality opportunities in the north 

b)


job opportunity in northern cities

c)


racial disrimination and lynching in southern cities

d)

None of the Above

17.

Jim Crow Laws were?

a)

a set of rules that legalized alcohol during the Prohibition period

b)

A set of state and local laws legalized segregation enforcing racism

c)

Laws that stated that African Americans had to leave the south and go to the north

d)

a City in New York beside Harlem

18.

The term migration refers to?

a)

A animal that was living in the south

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

movement of people to another area

d)

movement of animals to another area

19.

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.

a)

double consciousness

b)

Great Migration

c)

Harlem

d)

renaissance

20.

Pull Factors that pulled African Americans to the largest cities

a)

Better Air Quality

b)

Discrimination

c)

Jim Crowe Laws

d)

Better Jobs/Opportunities