What is significant about Harlem’s opening on Broadway?

Prove the tenacity of African-American playwright

Artistic pieces produced during the Harlem Renaissance are all united because

They are focused on the life of African Americans at that time

What does NAACP stand for?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Writers, artists and musicians were forced to leave Salem after the renaissance because

They were unable to support themselves financially

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1
Who was the best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance?
Claude McKay
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
2
What was the last important event occured in this period?
Civil War
The Great Depression
French and Indian War
Technological development era
3
What terrorist, white supremacist organization had more than 4 millions members in the 1920’s?
Nazis
ISIS
KKK
Black Panthers
4
What is significant about Harlem’s opening on Broadway?
First successful play after the success of Hamilton the musical
Last play on Broadway before it ran out of bussiness
Prove the tenacity of African-American playwright
First play that was played on Broadway
5
What day marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
December 24, 1930
September 24, 1924
November 24, 1930
October 24, 1924
6
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Ernest Hemingway's famous novel
False
True
7
The Harlem Renaissance was driven by what type of music?
jazz and blues
Classical
rock and roll
heavy metal
8
Where is Harlem?
New York
England
Chicago
Boston
9
In Harlem, white and black people never interacted, even in club and speakeasies
True
False
10
Artistic pieces produced during the Harlem Renaissance are all united because
They are all written about positive things
They are all poems
They are all written in the same style
They are focused on the life of African Americans at that time
11
What was the main purpose of the Harlem Renaissance?
Cultural enlightenment
Hispanic artist sought to have there voices heard, using art.
The day people decided to vanish from Harlem, New York.
The day where Harlem hosted the first NBA.
12
What was the purpose of Jim Crows law?
end World War I
enforce segregation
give black people the right to vote
free the slaves
13
Social changes occured when silence minorities seized the rebellious, ____ time time to speak up
Thirsty Thirties
Fabulous Fourties
Nifty Fifties
Roaring Twenties
14
What was the name of a famous female African American writer in the 1920’s?
Florence Mills
Bessie Smith
Jeanine Toomer
Zora Neale Hurston
15
Who was Louis Amstrong?
Author
Poet
Dancer
Singer
16
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Natural Advancement for All Colored People
National Advancement for Associated Colored People
Natural Advancement for the Association of Colored Persons
17
The Harlem Renaissance set the groundwork for future and artist, as well as _______
the Civil War
the Women's Rights Movement
the Civil Rights Movement
Prohibition
18
What was NOT one of the famous genres during the Harlem Renaissance?
Modernism
Primitivism
Objectivism
Shakespearean
19
Why did the Harlem Renaissance occur in the North?
Over-population in the South
Less Discrimination
Better weather
More jobs
20
Writers, artists and musicians were forced to leave Salem after the renaissance because
They were unable to support themselves financially
The leaders of the NAACP shut Harlem down.
The government forced them to go back to the South
Artists & musicians moved to Hollywood

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