WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance and Great Migration Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which poet was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance?
Countee Cullen
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Toni Morrison
Which city saw a significant increase in African American population during the Great Migration?
Los Angeles
Chicago
Miami
Houston
Which poet wrote the famous Harlem Renaissance poem 'If We Must Die'?
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Claude McKay
Ralph Ellison
What term describes the conditions that drove African Americans to leave the South during the Great Migration?
Pull factors
Push factors
Neutral factors
Economic factors
Who was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the Harlem Renaissance?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Frederick Douglass
Which musician was a key figure in the jazz scene of the Harlem Renaissance?
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Count Basie
What was the title of the influential anthology edited by Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance?
The Souls of Black Folk
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The New Negro
Native Son
Which artist is known for his paintings depicting the Great Migration?
Aaron Douglas
Romare Bearden
Jacob Lawrence
Augusta Savage
Which famous nightclub was a hub for jazz during the Harlem Renaissance?
Cotton Club
Apollo Theater
Savoy Ballroom
Blue Note
Which city was the epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance?
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Houston
What was a primary reason for the Great Migration?
Climate
Political stability
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom
Which author was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance?
Emily Dickinson
Zora Neale Hurston
Virginia Woolf
Sylvia Plath
What music genre flourished during the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
Classical
Country
Reggae
Which city was a major destination during the Great Migration?
Los Angeles
Miami
Chicago
Houston
Which poet is most associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Langston Hughes
T.S. Eliot
What does the term Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Renewal
Reassurance
Love
What does the term 'Renaissance' mean, and why was it appropriate to the cultural movement in 1920s Harlem?
It means 'reform' and described changes in government policy
It means 'resistance' and described opposition to segregation
It means 'revolution' and described the political uprising in Harlem
It means 'rebirth' and described new creativity in African-American culture
Analyze the relationship between the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance. Which statement best explains their connection?
They were completely separate events with no relationship
The Great Migration brought African Americans to northern cities where cultural movements like the Harlem Renaissance could flourish
The Great Migration happened after the Harlem Renaissance ended
The Harlem Renaissance caused people to migrate south
What does the statistic of 4,000 African-American murders between 1930 reveal about conditions in the Deep South?
Most violence was due to economic competition
Crime was equally dangerous for all racial groups
Systematic violence was used to maintain racial oppression
The legal system was protecting African-Americans
What does the 1919 Chicago race riot reveal about the limitations of as a solution to racial problems?
Racial tensions and violence could still occur in northern cities
Northern cities were completely free of racial violence
Only southern cities experienced race riots
Moving north eliminated all forms of discrimination
