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

A
began performing spirituals.
B
claimed credit for jazz.
C
rejected the ragtime sound.
D
embraced jazz music.
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The Chicago Defender called for an end to lynching and segregation. How did this influence the Great Migration?

A
these were push factors
B
these were pull factors
C
these were political factors
D
these were economic factors
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Zora Neale Hurston collected and wrote about African American

A
jazz.
B
folk tales.
C
poetry.
D
spirituals.
4

The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?

A
food
B
music
C
art
D
poetry
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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

A
happy and equal.
B
tense and unequal.
C
strong but calm.
D
unhappy but peaceful.
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The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move away are called

A
opportunities.
B
pull factors.
C
migrations.
D
push factors.
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Who was called the “Shakespeare of Harlem” during the Harlem Renaissance?

A
Langston Hughes
B
James Weldon Johnson
C
Claude McKay
D
Louis Armstrong
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Which best describes how the Great Migration affected Northern cities?

A
Northern cities changed very little as African Americans moved in.
B
Northern cities became as segregated as the Southern cities.
C
Northern cities forced African Americans into segregated neighborhoods.
D
Northern cities grew more diverse as African Americans shared their culture.
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In the early 1900s, the Chicago Defender was

A
an African American newspaper.
B
a novel by Langston Hughes.
C
an African American song.
D
an African American novelist.
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A poet whose works inspired other Harlem Renaissance poets was

A
Nella Larsen.
B
Claude McKay.
C
James Weldon Johnson.
D
Countee Cullen.

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