A Roaring Economy

Question 1

A result of jazz’s development during the 1920s and 1930s was that many people

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embraced jazz music.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?* * *Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African Americans is

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tense and unequal.

Question 3

Which two cities were the most popular destinations during the Great Migration?

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New York and Chicago

Question 4

Besides jazz, the Harlem Renaissance was also known for African American

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literature.

Question 5

The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move away are called

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push factors.

Question 6

In the early 1900s, the Chicago Defender was

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an African American newspaper.

Question 7

Which is the best example of an effect of the Harlem Renaissance on music?

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It brought jazz to a wider American audience.

Question 8

The Chicago Defender called for an end to lynching and segregation. How did this influence the Great Migration?

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these were push factors

Question 9

The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?

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music

Question 10

Zora Neale Hurston collected and wrote about African American

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folk tales.

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