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Harlem Renaissance and Great Migration Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which poet was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

James Baldwin

c)

Richard Wright

d)

Toni Morrison

2.

Which city saw a significant increase in African American population during the Great Migration?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Chicago

c)

Miami

d)

Houston

3.

Which poet wrote the famous Harlem Renaissance poem 'If We Must Die'?

a)

James Baldwin

b)

Richard Wright

c)

Claude McKay

d)

Ralph Ellison

4.

What term describes the conditions that drove African Americans to leave the South during the Great Migration?

a)

Pull factors

b)

Push factors

c)

Neutral factors

d)

Economic factors

5.

Who was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Frederick Douglass

6.

Which musician was a key figure in the jazz scene of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Benny Goodman

d)

Count Basie

7.

What was the title of the influential anthology edited by Alain Locke during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

The Souls of Black Folk

b)

Their Eyes Were Watching God

c)

The New Negro

d)

Native Son

8.

Which artist is known for his paintings depicting the Great Migration?

a)

Aaron Douglas

b)

Romare Bearden

c)

Jacob Lawrence

d)

Augusta Savage

9.

Which famous nightclub was a hub for jazz during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Cotton Club

b)

Apollo Theater

c)

Savoy Ballroom

d)

Blue Note

10.

Which city was the epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Miami

c)

New York City

d)

Houston

11.

What was a primary reason for the Great Migration?

a)

Climate

b)

Political stability

c)

Economic opportunities

d)

Religious freedom

12.

Which author was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Virginia Woolf

d)

Sylvia Plath

13.

What music genre flourished during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Jazz

b)

Classical

c)

Country

d)

Reggae

14.

Which city was a major destination during the Great Migration?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Miami

c)

Chicago

d)

Houston

15.

Which poet is most associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

T.S. Eliot

16.

What does the term Renaissance mean?

a)

Rebirth

b)

Renewal

c)

Reassurance

d)

Love

17.

What does the term 'Renaissance' mean, and why was it appropriate to the cultural movement in 1920s Harlem?

a)

It means 'reform' and described changes in government policy

b)

It means 'resistance' and described opposition to segregation

c)

It means 'revolution' and described the political uprising in Harlem

d)

It means 'rebirth' and described new creativity in African-American culture

18.

Analyze the relationship between the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance. Which statement best explains their connection?

a)

They were completely separate events with no relationship

b)

The Great Migration brought African Americans to northern cities where cultural movements like the Harlem Renaissance could flourish

c)

The Great Migration happened after the Harlem Renaissance ended

d)

The Harlem Renaissance caused people to migrate south

19.

What does the statistic of 4,000 African-American murders between 1930 reveal about conditions in the Deep South?

a)

Most violence was due to economic competition

b)

Crime was equally dangerous for all racial groups

c)

Systematic violence was used to maintain racial oppression

d)

The legal system was protecting African-Americans

20.

What does the 1919 Chicago race riot reveal about the limitations of as a solution to racial problems?

a)

Racial tensions and violence could still occur in northern cities

b)

Northern cities were completely free of racial violence

c)

Only southern cities experienced race riots

d)

Moving north eliminated all forms of discrimination