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The Jazz Age, 1921–1929

Lesson 5 African American Culture and Politics

Review Questions: Using Headings and Subheadings

DIRECTIONS: Locate each heading below in your textbook. Then use the information under
the correct heading and subheading to help you write each answer.

I. The Harlem Renaissance

A. What was the Great Migration?
Hundreds of thousands of African-Americans traveled from the South to the North
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to work in factories.
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B. What was the era of emerging African American artists called?

The Harlem Renaissance
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C. Who was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

Claude McKay
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D. Who were two great jazz musicians of this period?

Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith
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E. What was the first musical written, produced, and performed by African American?
Shuffle Along
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II. African Americans and 1920s Politics

A. What impact did African Americans have in elections?

They were able to elect the first black representative in the North, Oscar DePriest
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B. How did the NAACP affect national politics?

They were able to get an anti-lynching bill from the House of Reps. and made sure
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John Parker didn't get nominated as a Supreme Court judge.
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The Jazz Age, 1921–1929

C. Who was the first African American representative to Congress from a Northern state?
Oscar DePriest
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D. Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which promoted
black pride and unity?
Marcus Garvey
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Summary and Reflection

DIRECTIONS: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.
How did the cultural identity of African Americans change in the 1920s?

The cultural identity of African-Americans changed dramatically during the 1920s in two
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main ways. First, what the African-Americans brought to the North in the Harlem
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Renaissance, all the literary works, art, and music was, for the most part, loved by all
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Americans, white or black. Secondly, with many political-based organizations, like the

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NAACP and the UNIA, African-Americans began to get people in office that they actually
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liked. This led to the election of Oscar DePriest, and the un-nomination of racist judge
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John Parker to the Supreme Court.
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