Harlem Renaissance

Question 1

Harlem Renaissance writer who showed the struggles of ordinary African Americans

Accepted Answer

Claude McKay

Question 2

The flowering of African American arts and literature in 1920's New York

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 3

American musical art form based on improvisation that came to represent the Roaring Twenties

Accepted Answer

jazz

Question 4

Who was the "Empress of the Blues"?

Accepted Answer

Bessie Smith

Question 5

When did the Harlem Renaissance come to an end?

Accepted Answer

When the Great Depression began

Question 6

About how many African Americans and immigrants from Caribbean islands migrated to Harlem New York?

Accepted Answer

200,000

Question 7

Who is the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association?

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 8

Why were African Americans attracted to northern cities?

Accepted Answer

higher wages and an opportunity for a middle class society

Question 9

Trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz

Accepted Answer

louis armstrong

Question 10

What city was the cultural focal point of the northern migration?

Accepted Answer

Harlem

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