Quiz: The Harlem Renaissance

Marcus Garvey’s movement and the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were both early 20th century responses to

• The growth of communism in the South
• The passage of more restrictive immigration laws
• The practice of racial discrimination in the United States
• The desegregation of World War I combat units

The was the primary objective of writers of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Encourage militant protest among African Americans
• Support educational programs for African Americans
• Improve literacy rates among African Americans
• Generate pride in African-American culture

Why did African-Americans move to northern cities in such large numbers during World War I and the 1920s?

• To fill the abundance of low-skilled jobs in northern factories
• To flee religious persecution by northern whites
• To expose northern whites to African-American Culture
• To escape the draft and military service

Which of the following groups advocated a "Back to Africa" movement under the leadership of Marcus Garvey?

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) founded by Marcus Garvey
• The Freedmen's Bureau

What did the works of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes have in common?

• They focused on the plight (problems) that African-Americans faced historically and contemporarily
• It openly celebrated the traditions and rituals of African American culture
• It advocated the "Back to Africa" movement
• It spoke of the racial superiority of the African American over the white American