Harlem Renaissance Quiz 65 (20 MCQs)

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1. The principle of "separate but equal" established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was used to
2. What was the name of the African Americans beginning to migrate to the North in great numbers
3. Which leader wanted equal rights for blacks but continued segregation?
4. Yes or No:Was Booker T. Washington a segregationist?
5. What does techniques mean?
6. The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of .....
7. In the poem "Sympathy, " what does the caged bird want most?
8. How did the Harlem Renaissance impact the world's perception of African Americans?
9. The Weary Blues poem won a contest and awarded Langston Hughes a scholarship to
10. Read the excerpt from Studies of Trees, by Jacob Levison. The pines are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and include about 80 distinct species with over 600 varieties. The species enumerated here are especially common in the eastern part of the United States, growing either native in the forest or under cultivation in the parks. The pines form a very important class of timber trees, and produce beautiful effects when planted in groups in the parks. Which strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?
11. What did Marcus Garvey call for Black workers across the United States to do in response to racism and discrimination?
12. The main cause of the Red Scare was
13. How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction?
14. Who were the Allied Powers during World War I?
15. The artists' from the Harlem Renaissance goal was to .....
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17. This man was a bandleader. He worked at the Cotton Club. He played the piano. He wrote his own style of music. He wrote music for an orchestra. Who was he?
18. What effect does Hughes achieve by repeating the phrase "does it" in "Harlem" ? "Harlem" by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
19. Harlem was known as the center of a
20. How did the consumer economy of the 1920s affect the lives of women?