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- 1. Multiple Choice
Music for the solo black artist. Performers sang loud and proud with all their energy.
Spirituals
Motown
Soul
Jazz
- 2. Multiple Choice
Music that gave the enslaved hope and courage; and often spoke of freedom. Sometimes the lyrics included secret messages.
Gospel
Spiritual
Soul
Ragtime
- 3. Multiple Choice
Music that follows a 12 bar form. Lyrics followed a form too: problem, repeat, and comment. Lyrics are often sad.
Blues
Jazz
Soul
Gospel
- 4. Multiple Choice
Music to praise God. Often accompanied by organ, piano, drums, bass or any combination of instruments. Singers usually swayed and clapped to keep the beat.
Spirituals
African
Soul
Gospel
- 5. Multiple Choice
Music played mostly by the piano. The Left Hand usually played an “Oom-pah” or 1 2 1 2 style.
Blues
Ragtime
Jazz
Spritiuals
- 6. Multiple Choice
Music not in English. Has call and response and includes everyone. Often includes drums, shakerays, and other instruments.
Sprituals
Gospel
Ragtime
African
- 7. Multiple Choice
Music that features improvising melodies. Usually, it is performed with a drum set, piano, bass, trumpets, saxophones, and/or other instruments.
Ragtime
African
Jazz
Motown
- 8. Multiple Choice
Music that featured a group of singers. Usually one was a lead singer. They usually dressed alike and danced as they sang. The accompaniment usually featured string instruments.
Soul
Blues
Jazz
Motown
- 9. Multiple Choice
Music made for the dancer. It involves several people including b-girls/b-boys, a beatboxer, a graffiti artist, rapper, and most importantly a D.J.
African
Motown
Hip Hop
Soul
- 10. Multiple Choice
Music with a good beat where a person talks to the beat in a particular rhythm.
Motown
Spirituals
Rap
Soul
- 11. Multiple Choice
Motown records started in ___________.
New Orleans
Detroit
Chicago
Memphis
- 12. Multiple Choice
Aretha Franklin sang this genre of music.
Motown
Jazz
Blues
Soul
- 13. Multiple Choice
A famous composer of RAGTIME music is...
Joe Turner
Scott Joplin
Miss Chalone
Aretha Franklin
- 14. Multiple Choice
The correct timeline for the History of HIP HOP is...
African, Spirituals, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Gospel, Soul, Motown, and Hip Hop
African, Spirituals, Ragtime, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Soul, Motown, and Hip Hop.
African, Spritiuals, Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Gospel, Motown, and Hip Hop.
African, Spirituals, Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Soul, Motown, and Hip Hop.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Michael Jackson was part of this Motown group before he had a solo career.
The Temptations
The Jackson 5
The Four Tops
Thriller
- 16. Multiple Choice
Bessie Smith sang this kind of music.
Blues
Jazz
Gospel
Motown
- 17. Multiple Choice
Jazz great Duke’s last name.
Fitzgerald
King
Ellington
Franklin
- 18. Multiple Choice
The History of Hip Hop can be traced all the way back to this continent.
North America
Africa
Europe
South America
- 19. Multiple Choice
Spirituals were created and sung during this time period.
Civil Rights
Black Lives Matter
Enslavement
Great Migration
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who made the famous recitation "The Emancipation Proclamation", which declared that all those enslaved were to be set free.
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Rosa Parks
George Washington
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