Harlem Renaissance Comprehension Quiz

When hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north, this was called...

• the Great Migration
• the Harlem Renaissance
• the Roaring 20s
• Jim Crow

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What were African Americans in seatch of on their journey north?

• culture
• food
• jobs
• land

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__________ laws were one factor that encouraged people of color to flee the south.

• Jim Crow
• Sharecropper
• Douglas
• Immigration

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Why were so many drowning in debt in the south?

• They borrowed more than they could ever pay back
• Their crops had been damaged
• They were robbed often
• The banks had closed

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Where was the most popular place to settle in the north?

• upstate New York
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Chicago, Illinois
• Harlem in New York City

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Which actor paved the way for other African Americans?

• Evelyn Preer
• Adelaide Hall
• Charles Gilpin
• Paul Robeson

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Where did the entertainment perform each night?

• The Cotton Club
• Broadway
• The Pioneer Club
• The Blyes Building

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What other name was the era called?

• The United Negro Movement
• The Jazz Movement
• The New Negro Movement
• The Harlem Age

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