WorksheetsThe Birthplace of Gospel Music
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which African tradition mixed with church hymns to help create spirituals and later gospel music?
Mbira lamellophone
Ring shout
Highlife brass bands
Griot storytelling
Thomas A. Dorsey was originally from Chicago.
True
False
What large movement brought thousands of Black Southerners to Chicago and helped gospel music grow?
The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
The New Deal
The Second Great Awakening
Which newspaper and editor encouraged Black Southerners to move north to Chicago?
The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois
The Pittsburgh Courier, John Sengstacke
The Chicago Defender, Robert Abbott
The Chicago Tribune, Col. McCormick
What South Side neighborhood became the center of Black culture and gospel music in Chicago?
Hyde Park
Englewood
Pilsen
Bronzeville
Which style of music did Thomas A. Dorsey mix with church hymns to create gospel?
Opera
Country
Ragtime
Blues
What nickname did migrants give to Chicago’s wealthy, formal churches that discouraged hand-clapping and shouting?
Brush arbor churches
Silk stocking churches
Camp meeting churches
Storefront churches
Who started one of the first gospel choirs at a big Chicago church in 1932?
Sallie Martin and Roberta Martin at Pilgrim Baptist
Mahalia Jackson and Tampa Red at Pilgrim Baptist
Johari Jabir and Julius Jones at Ebenezer Baptist
Thomas Dorsey and Theodore Fry at Ebenezer Baptist
Which church became famous for gospel music and had Thomas Dorsey as choir director for many years?
Ebenezer Baptist Church
First Church of Deliverance
Greater Salem Baptist Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Which group did Thomas Dorsey and others create to spread gospel music?
Gospel Music Workshop of America
National Baptist Music Auxiliary
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses
What personal tragedy inspired Thomas Dorsey to write “Precious Lord”?
The Pilgrim Baptist Church fire
A car accident
Losing his job at Paramount Records
The death of his wife and newborn child
What new technology helped gospel choirs in Chicago reach people far beyond the city during the 1930s?
Television
Phonographs
Radio
Newspapers
Which gospel singer worked with Dorsey and became famous worldwide, later known as the "Queen of Gospel"?
Shirley Caesar
Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
Albertina Walker
During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Mahalia Jackson charged people money to sing for them.
True
False
According to the documentary, which city is called the "birthplace" and early "Mecca" of gospel music?
Memphis, Tennessee
Atlanta, Georgia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Chicago, Illinois
Pilgrim Baptist Church caught fire on January 6, 2006.
True
False
