Short Quiz (Harlem Renaissance)

It is a term used to describe an event wherein African Americans were banned from many white-owned businesses, including restaurants and hotels.

• separation

• segregation

• selection

• synthesis

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It is a term that refers to the movement of African Americans from the South to large cities in the North between approximately 1916 to 1940 in its first wave.

• The Great Migration

• The Great Immigration

• The Great Migratory

• The Great Military

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It is often considered among the first major works of the Harlem Renaissance, premiered.

• Three Plays for the WHite and Negro Theatre

• Three Plays for White People

• Three Plays for Elite Theatre

• Three Plays for the Negro Theatre

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What does NAACP Mean?

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Association for the Advocacy of Colored People

• National Administration for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Administration for the Anthology of Colored People

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It is often considered the moment of the Harlem Renaissance’s decline, as many African Americans left Harlem in search of jobs elsewhere.

• The Great Oppression

• The Great Destruction

• The Great Depression

• The Great War

It is one of the most popular forms of musical entertainment in the late 1800s, These shows featured white men wearing makeup that made them appear to be African American, and consisted of comedy and musical numbers that portrayed African Americans as foolish and simple minded. 

• Minsrel Shows

• Ministerial Shows

• Minstrel Shows

• Mintrel Shows

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It is a musical form that features improvisation, in which the musicians create music as they play rather than reading it from sheets of paper. 

• Blues

• Jazz

• Ballad

• Rock

He became the first African American to serve as executive secretary of the NAACP.

• James Weldon Johnson

• James Wilson Johnson

• John Weldon Johnson

• Jan Wilson Johnson

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It is a story of a powerful indictment of white violence against African Americans.

• Their Eyes Were Watching God

• A Black Man Talks About Reaping

• Parrot

• If We Must Die

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It is a musical form that grew out of African American spirituals and work songs, as well as the music of Africa and folk music and which featured trancelike rhythm and unusual scales and chords. 

• Blues

• Jazz

• Ballad

• Sonnet

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