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Harlem Renaissance Questions

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What are the three other names for the Harlem Renaissance?
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New Negro Movement New Negro Renaissance Negro Renaissance
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What was significant about the H.R.?
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Marked the first time that Main Stream publishers & critics took African American literature seriously.
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What are the four factors that laid the groundwork for the movement?
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1) A black middle class 2) Great Migration 3) Cultural center for blacks 4) African american community
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What was the Great Migration?
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100's of black Americans moved from economically depressed rural South to industrial cities of the North to take advantage of employment.
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What two factors contributed to the development of a black middle class?
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1) NAACP 2) Harlem
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Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
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Historian and sociologist
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What were the two organizations that were created in the early 1900's to help African Americans?
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1) NAACP 2) Urban League
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Who was the first black poet to receive national recognition?
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Paul Dunbar
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What three works signaled the new creative energy in African American literature?
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1) Harlem Shadows 2) Cain 3) There is confusion
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What was the name of the literary magazine that helped launch the Harlem R.
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Fire!!
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What are three ways that magazines such as CRISIS and OPPORTUNITY promoted African American literature?
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1) many writers 2) the stories 3) the people
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What was a major accomplishment of the Renaissance?
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Getting people to not be as racist.
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What are four factors that contributed to the decline of the movement?
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1) Great Depression 2) NAACP League 3) writers 4) riots
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Who were three important writers during the Renaissance?
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1) Dunbar 2) Langston Hughes 3) Zora Neil
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What did the Harlem Renaissance prove?
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people are strong.