Harlem Renaissance Quiz 34 (20 MCQs)

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1. T or F, the NAACP organization is no longer in existence today.
2. Which action was evidence that the prosperity of the roaring 20s was an illusion?
3. The large movement of people from the South to the North and Midwest for jobs and a better life was called
4. The speaker in "Harlem" suggests that the results of deferring a dream
5. What were some of the efforts made by organizations to secure African Americans' civil and political rights during the 1920s?
6. A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who was inspired by jazz music to tell of African-American hardships and resiliency.
7. Bessie Smith was a .....
8. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in language
9. The "NEW WOMAN" of the 1920s referred to which changes happening at the time
10. Who co-wrote the song 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?
11. What were the oppressive conditions faced by black Americans in the South during the Great Migration?
12. What is the main perspective or point of view presented in this section of the text?Jazz music of the Harlem Renaissance shaped America and the entire world. Jazz was different than other music of the times because of its rhythms, instruments and improvisation. Thousands of city dwellers flocked night after night to see the same performers. The musicians improvised as they played so that no two performances would ever be the same.
13. Intended to attract notice and impress others
14. Because the Cotton Club was segregated, most African Americans rarely got to see some of the greatest Black musicians perform.
15. Louis Armstrong was a .....
16. A period of great achievement by African American writers, musicians and artists during the 1920's was called
17. "The Harlem Renaissance":Which four words from paragraph 11 contribute most to the author's tone of admiration? See the attached image as a reference.
18. Americans who couldn't afford the new appliances purchased them on the ..... plan
19. All of the following were women's suffragettes except
20. This President was known as the "Trust Buster"