What Was the Harlem Renaissance? Chapter 6

Thanks to the Harlem Renaissance, ____ was sweeping the nation in the 1920s.

The 1920s decade became known as the ____ ___.

Jazz is uniquely _______ ________ music born from Black folk music and another style called ragtime.

__________ means that it does not follow an expected beat.

Jazz music appeared in places like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City and set toes tapping around the world.

• True

• False

One of the fathers of ragtime and jazz was WWI Harlem Hellfighter _____ _____ _______.

During WWI, James Reese Europe's music started a jazz craze in ______.

Europe also broke down barriers preventing Black musicians from playing in ______-____ clubs.

What was W.C. Handy's nickname?

The _____ is another popular type of Black music with roots in African American spirituals.