WorksheetsExploring the Harlem Renaissance
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 7mins
1-10.
Answer the questions below after watching the video
What was another name for the Harlem Renaissance?
The New Negro Movement
The Great Awakening
The Black Art Movement
The Jazz Age
How many Black Americans moved to the North during the First Great Migration?
Over 500,000
Over 1.5 million
Over 1 million
Over 2 million
What was the primary reason for the Great Migration?
Educational purposes
Political reasons
Better economic opportunities and escaping terrorism
Cultural exploration
Who was known for documenting African American life, especially the emerging Black middle class in New York?
Aaron Douglas
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
James Van Der Zee
Richmond Barthe
Which artist used Egyptian and West African sources in his art to depict segregation and race?
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Richmond Barthe
James Van Der Zee
Aaron Douglas
Who was the first African American woman to receive a U.S. government commission for her art?
Bessie Smith
Zora Neale Hurston
Gwendolyn Bennett
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Which poet's work refused to make Black life look happier or less painful than it actually was?
Claude McKay
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Zora Neale Hurston
Who published 'The Weary Blues' in 1926?
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Who was known as 'The Mother of Blues'?
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
Which musician helped popularize big band style jazz music in the United States?
Ma Rainey
Billie Holiday
Eubie Blake
Duke Ellington
