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Harlem Renaissance Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. Jazz music appeared in places like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City and set toes tapping around the world.
2. Which evidence is most relevant to the theme, it is important for every voice to be heard especially those who are suffering?
3. Something handed down to a new generation
4. Once white bands began copying Black music, they were hired instead of African American bands.
5. Which writer is best known for co-writing 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?
6. What is the term for a division in poetry, that is similar to a paragraph in prose?
7. Define "migrated" in this sentence:As it showcased the rise of black artists who had migrated to the North.
8. Which pair of circumstances represents an accurate cause-and-effect relationship?
9. ..... is the author of the poem, "I Too"
10. Racism specifically in social and political institutions, like the government and organizations
11. When did the Columbine school shooting occur?
12. What is the subject of "I, Too" by Langston Hughes?
13. (US.33) Louis Armstrong rose to fame in the 1920s as a(n)
14. Who introduced jazz poetry?
15. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural explosion! Which areas saw growth?
16. Why did African Americans move North after reconstruction?
17. What was the Renaissance?
18. Famous Jazz artist who moved from Chicago to New York and became the face of Jazz music in the Harlem Renaissance:
19. When did the Harlem Renaissance movement take place?
20. A group of artists and writers that was based in New York gave a voice to the African American experience. What are they known as?
21. Who wrote "What a Wonderful World, " featured in the cult classic "Madagascar?"
22. Lots of musicians got their start during the Harlem Renaissance. Many people also refer to this era as the Jazz Age. Jazz and blues, invented by African-Americans in the south, became hugely popular during the Harlem Renaissance. These genres were new and exciting. Musicians like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong drew huge audiences at popular clubs every night of the week. Singers like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday brought unique sounds to the music scene. Smith's strong, deep voice impressed both live audiences and radio listeners. She became known as the Empress of Blues. Holiday was a legendary improviser, and what she lacked in formal training, she made up for in her distinct, rough vocals and emotional performances.Despite their popularity, black musicians were still treated poorly throughout the country. Many performed in clubs or theaters for exclusively white audiences. Entertainers who toured in the south were forced to stay in segregated hotels and eat at segregated restaurants. They did not receive any of the privileges that white celebrities enjoyed.During the Harlem Renaissance,
23. This writer gained a unique perspective on racial identity, through their continued displacement (movement between all white and all black areas)
24. The reason for the Great Migration was .....
25. Which of these poems did Robert Frost write?
26. Made production more efficient but cut out the need for skilled laborers.
27. What is the tone of "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" ?
28. This man is one of the most famous criminals in U.S. History. He was rumored to have made $ 60 million a year during Prohibition. What was the name of the most famous bootlegger during Prohibition?
29. Unfair, cruel treatment of a person or group
30. What does Dunbar mean by the words "shivering bark" ?
31. True or False:Louis Armstrong's nickname was "Satchmo" .
32. True or False In writing a paragraph a 'hook' can either be a interesting fact or question.
33. When Langston Hughes compares his soul to the rivers, he is saying that his soul is
34. One of the reasons Jacob Riis published photos like this was to
35. Why did the US join WWI?
36. Which of the following would BEST explains the title "Sympathy" ?
37. These two singers popularized blues and jazz singing.
38. How does paragraph 3 of Passage 1 contribute to the development of ideas about theHarlem Renaissance?
39. What was the Harlem Renaissance also known as?
40. Louis Armstrong was known as the greatest what?
41. "People, people we are the same / No we're not the same / Cause we don't know the game /What we need is awareness, we can't get careless"
42. After slavery ended, millions of African-Americans moved from the rural south to large cities in the north. They were seeking better economic opportunities and an escape from racial terrorism and segregation. This movement was called the Great Migration. As demand for industrial labor increased, many African-Americans took factory jobs in cities like Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. With these jobs came a new black middle class.During the Great Migration, many African-Americans settled in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City. At the time, most landlords refused to rent to black people. But when an economic downturn in the 1890s led to high vacancy rates in the area, property owners started selling and renting to African-Americans. By 1930, the population of Harlem was more than 70% black.Why did millions of African-Americans relocate during the Great Migration?
43. Author of The Souls of Black Folk
44. Which of the following are examples of negative connotative words?
45. Which theme is present in the song "Changes" ?
46. Literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture in New York, led by well educated African Americans:
47. What is folk art?
48. Duke Ellington was one of the most important musicians in the history of recorded music, he composed music and played the .....
49. He led the United Negro Improvement Association and helped promote a sense of black pride.
50. During the Harlem Renaissance, black artists began to see Harlem as a ..... for creativity.
51. ..... focused on making legal changes in the American court system that would undo Jim Crow laws and protect rights for African Americans.
52. Laws in the southern states that were made to keep white and black people separated
53. In "Refugee in America, " the speaker highly values
54. What was one goal of the New Negro Movement?
55. "The Harlem Renaissance":Identify each sentence from the article as fact or opinion.
56. Which artist was known for painting pictures of the Southwest desert.
57. Women gained voting rights in the
58. Countee Cullen wrote
59. Unaffected by the passage of time, or eternal
60. Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing?
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