Lesson 5.04 Arts and Culture of the 1920s

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Knowledge Check #1

Match the term to the description

Terms:

1. Harlem
2. Jazz
3. Great Migration
4. Duke Ellington
5. Langston Hughes
6. Segregation

Definitions:

• Many African Americans left the South to escape a system of ____________ that was created under Jim Crow laws
• Well-known Jazz musician during the 1920s
• Well known African American writer; Jazz influences seen throughout his poetry
• Type of music that became popular during the 1920s; featured syncopated rhythms and improvisonal solos
• Cultural center of African American art, literature, and music during the 1920s
• Term used to describe the mass exodus of African Americans from the South to the urban North during the early 1900s

Answers:

1. Harlem: Cultural center of African American art, literature, and music during the 1920s
2. Jazz: Type of music that became popular during the 1920s; featured syncopated rhythms and improvisonal solos
3. Great Migration: Term used to describe the mass exodus of African Americans from the South to the urban North during the early 1900s
4. Duke Ellington: Well-known Jazz musician during the 1920s
5. Langston Hughes: Well known African American writer; Jazz influences seen throughout his poetry
6. Segregation: Many African Americans left the South to escape a system of _______(blank)that was created under Jim Crow laws