10 questions
The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
The Great Migration refers to
The movement of African Americans from the south to the north
The movement of African Americans from the north to the south
The spread of African culture after slavery ended
The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa
African American soldiers who served in World War I felt
anger by their treatment in the US when compared to the greater acceptance they found in Europe
content by their treatment in the US when compared to the poor treatment they found in Europe
resigned to the treatment in the US, because they had experience similar or worse treatment in Europe
the need to mass migrate to Europe, this was known as the Great Migration
Disillusionment about achieving justice they had been promised led many African Americans to
stay in the South and resign themselves to poor treatment
be less likely to speak out against injustice
pursue equality and success more aggressively
leave the US for Africa in large numbers
Which of the following is NOT a political or economic movement that helped empower African Americans in the 1920s?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United Negro Improvement Association
Freedmen's Bureau
True or False: white urban dwellers became patrons of African American art and the nightlife in Harlem
True
False
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston believed that African American art should represent the equality of the educated African American with the white educated class. (The talented tenth)
True
False
W. E. B. Dubois and James Weldon Johnson believed that their art should present the ordinary African American person objectively as an individual and not just "cultured" African Americans mirroring white standards.
True
False