Question 1

What is the relationship between whites and the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectu

Question 2

What is the connection between ideas about race in the 1920s and U.S.immigration policy during the decade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immigrants arrived in large numbers because of relaxed ideas about race. 
B)  The U.S.immigration service prevented Europeans but not Asians from arriving. 
C)  Congress acted on racist ideas to pass very restrictive immigration laws. 
D)  The President of the United States opened the U.S.border to free Mexican immigration. 
A)  Immigrants arrived in large numbers because of relaxed ideas about race. 
B)  The U.S.immigration service prevented Europeans but not Asians from arriving. 
C)  Congress acted on racist ideas to pass very restrictive immigration laws. 
D)  The President of the United States opened the U.S.border to free Mexican immigration.

Question 3

In 1901 Baltimore Orioles manager John J.McGraw signed a black man,Charlie Grant,to play second base,claiming he was of what ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A)  white 
B)  black 
C)  Asian 
D)  Native American 
A)  white 
B)  black 
C)  Asian 
D)  Native American

Question 4

Which of the following men played a pivotal role in expanding the membership of the NAACP through the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  James Weldon Johnson 
B)  W.E.B.Du Bois 
C)  Marcus Garvey 
D)  Booker T.Washington 
A)  James Weldon Johnson 
B)  W.E.B.Du Bois 
C)  Marcus Garvey 
D)  Booker T.Washington

Question 5

How did Pullman porters react to the difficulties of their jobs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pullman porters were generally very uneducated and did not know how to change their situation. 
B)  Pullman porters formed a union to improve their situation. 
C)  The porters sometimes burned entire trains. 
D)  The porters tried to work behind the scenes, very quietly, to try to get helpful legislation passed by Congress. 
A)  Pullman porters were generally very uneducated and did not know how to change their situation. 
B)  Pullman porters formed a union to improve their situation. 
C)  The porters sometimes burned entire trains. 
D)  The porters tried to work behind the scenes, very quietly, to try to get helpful legislation passed by Congress.

Question 6

Which of the following is true about amateur sports during the 1910s and 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black players on white teams rarely felt discrimination from fans or other athletes. 
B)  Amateur sports were more rigidly segregated than professional sports. 
C)  Amateur sports at black colleges were very popular and well attended. 
D)  Amateur sports were almost nonexistent and died out before 1900. 
A)  Black players on white teams rarely felt discrimination from fans or other athletes. 
B)  Amateur sports were more rigidly segregated than professional sports. 
C)  Amateur sports at black colleges were very popular and well attended. 
D)  Amateur sports were almost nonexistent and died out before 1900.

Question 7

Why did many white Americans feel that the United States was under siege in the 1910s and the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Many white Americans felt that the Unite

Question 8

How are the NAACP and the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation related?

Accepted Answer

A)  The NAACP collaborated with the filmmakers. 
B)  The NAACP refused to get involved in the controversy surrounding the film. 
C)  The NAACP voluntarily paid people to promote the film for its focus on racial equality and black success. 
D)  The NAACP had the film banned in a few cities but probably publicized it indirectly to a wider audience. 
A)  The NAACP collaborated with the filmmakers. 
B)  The NAACP refused to get involved in the controversy surrounding the film. 
C)  The NAACP voluntarily paid people to promote the film for its focus on racial equality and black success. 
D)  The NAACP had the film banned in a few cities but probably publicized it indirectly to a wider audience.

Question 9

How is Paul Robeson an example of black artistic development during the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A)  He painted famous whites. 
B)  He sculpted famous blacks. 
C)  He ran integrated nightclubs. 
D)  He acted in major theatrical productions. 
A)  He painted famous whites. 
B)  He sculpted famous blacks. 
C)  He ran integrated nightclubs. 
D)  He acted in major theatrical productions.

Question 10

In 1919 in the Chicago Defender argued for a baseball league for what race or ethnicity of Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  white 
B)  black 
C)  Asian 
D)  Native American 
A)  white 
B)  black 
C)  Asian 
D)  Native American

Question 11

What was the "Niggerati," according to Zora Neale Hurston?

Accepted Answer

A)  white people who read and supported black literature 
B)  her black literary colleagues in the Harlem Renaissance 
C)  white racists 
D)  blacks who were racist against darker-skinned black people 
A)  white people who read and supported black literature 
B)  her black literary colleagues in the Harlem Renaissance 
C)  white racists 
D)  blacks who were racist against darker-skinned black people

Question 12

What was the "Harlem Renaissance"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a time when historic buildings in Harlem were given great attention 
B)  a brief time when blacks in Harlem had equal social rights to whites 
C)  a name given to the time period when Harlem was part of the New York colony 
D)  an outpouring of literary and artistic work from blacks during the 1920s 
A)  a time when historic buildings in Harlem were given great attention 
B)  a brief time when blacks in Harlem had equal social rights to whites 
C)  a name given to the time period when Harlem was part of the New York colony 
D)  an outpouring of literary and artistic work from blacks during the 1920s

Question 13

What was true about the formal education of many black writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were generally very poorly educated but made great strides in art and literature. 
B)  Many of them went to elite schools at a time when any college education was rare. 
C)  Generally, they had high-school educations but little additional schooling. 
D)  They felt that education for blacks was useless because they were confined to menial jobs. 
A)  They were generally very poorly educated but made great strides in art and literature. 
B)  Many of them went to elite schools at a time when any college education was rare. 
C)  Generally, they had high-school educations but little additional schooling. 
D)  They felt that education for blacks was useless because they were confined to menial jobs.

Question 14

How is James Weldon Johnson an example of civil rights leadership during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a black labor union president. 
B)  He was a star athlete who fought for integration. 
C)  He was a field secretary of the NAACP. 
D)  He was a Harlem Renaissance artist who fought for the inclusion of black art in museums. 
A)  He was a black labor union president. 
B)  He was a star athlete who fought for integration. 
C)  He was a field secretary of the NAACP. 
D)  He was a Harlem Renaissance artist who fought for the inclusion of black art in museums.

Question 15

The first black man to be signed by a major league baseball team was Charlie __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first black man to be signed...

Question 16

The creative movement known as the __________ __________ took place primarily in New York City and produced many lasting cultural achievements in literature and art by African American people during the 1920s and 1930s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The creative movement known as the __________...

Question 17

What was the result of black efforts to field black baseball teams in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The leagues folded by 1930. 
B)  The leagues surpassed attendance at white games. 
C)  The leagues thrived with black players and fans. 
D)  The leagues were banned by major league baseball. 
A)  The leagues folded by 1930. 
B)  The leagues surpassed attendance at white games. 
C)  The leagues thrived with black players and fans. 
D)  The leagues were banned by major league baseball.

Question 18

How was the Klan of the 1920s different from the Reconstruction-era Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Klan in the 1920s was violent and all-white, whereas the Reconstruction Klan generally was not. 
B)  The Klan of the 1920s expanded hate targets to Catholics, Jews, and immigrants as well as blacks. 
C)  The Klan of Reconstruction was more of a political power. 
D)  The Klan was able to run a viable candidate for president in 1924. 
A)  The Klan in the 1920s was violent and all-white, whereas the Reconstruction Klan generally was not. 
B)  The Klan of the 1920s expanded hate targets to Catholics, Jews, and immigrants as well as blacks. 
C)  The Klan of Reconstruction was more of a political power. 
D)  The Klan was able to run a viable candidate for president in 1924.

Question 19

What type of activities did the NAACP utilize to improve the situation of blacks during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

During the 1920s, the NAACP utilized a v

Question 20

Why was the Pullman Company an early area for black labor organizing?

Accepted Answer

A)  The company provided the lowest wages available for any blacks. 
B)  By the 1920s, it was the largest employer of black people in America. 
C)  They utilized blacks' educational skills in engineering and developing technology for railroads. 
D)  They were not discriminatory and allowed blacks great freedom in their jobs. 
A)  The company provided the lowest wages available for any blacks. 
B)  By the 1920s, it was the largest employer of black people in America. 
C)  They utilized blacks' educational skills in engineering and developing technology for railroads. 
D)  They were not discriminatory and allowed blacks great freedom in their jobs.

Exam 17: African Americans and the 1920s

What is the relationship between whites and the Harlem Renaissance?

What is the connection between ideas about race in the 1920s and U.S.immigration policy during the decade?

In 1901 Baltimore Orioles manager John J.McGraw signed a black man,Charlie Grant,to play second base,claiming he was of what ethnicity?

Which of the following men played a pivotal role in expanding the membership of the NAACP through the 1920s?

How did Pullman porters react to the difficulties of their jobs?

Which of the following is true about amateur sports during the 1910s and 1920s?

Why did many white Americans feel that the United States was under siege in the 1910s and the 1920s?

How are the NAACP and the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation related?

How is Paul Robeson an example of black artistic development during the Harlem Renaissance?

In 1919 in the Chicago Defender argued for a baseball league for what race or ethnicity of Americans?

What was the "Niggerati," according to Zora Neale Hurston?

What was the "Harlem Renaissance"?

What was true about the formal education of many black writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

How is James Weldon Johnson an example of civil rights leadership during the 1920s?

The first black man to be signed by a major league baseball team was Charlie __________.

The creative movement known as the __________ __________ took place primarily in New York City and produced many lasting cultural achievements in literature and art by African American people during the 1920s and 1930s.

What was the result of black efforts to field black baseball teams in the 1920s?

How was the Klan of the 1920s different from the Reconstruction-era Klan?

What type of activities did the NAACP utilize to improve the situation of blacks during the 1920s?

Why was the Pullman Company an early area for black labor organizing?

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