AMERICAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE

5.8 – The Harlem Renaissance (269-274)

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Write the questions; number them per the study guide                           Highlight vocabulary (use all terms from the list that appear in the textbook)

Respond with a well supported paragraph (nearly always)                                                                                     Skip a line after each item.

A. Support for Black Nationalism in Urban Areas

OBJECTIVE: Analyze how the Great Migration and the philosophies of Marcus Garvey affected African Americans in the 1920s.  

1. Describe the push & pull factors of migration influencing African Americans in the 1920s.   [p 269]

1. Introduction

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2. Identify the opportunities and challenges African Americans encountered in the North.  [p 269]  Handwrite in notes.

2. Migration Creates Opportunities and Challenges

1. Harlem

3. Summarize Marcus Garvey’s philosophy & movement.  [p 270]

3. The Impact of Marcus Garvey

2. Marcus Garvey

3. Back to Africa Movement

4. Universal Negro Improvement  Association

5. Amsterdam News

B. The Jazz Age               OBJECTIVE:  Trace the development of jazz and its impact on American society and the rest of the world.

4. Describe the characteristics of jazz that made it a distinctive music style.  [p 271]

1. Introduction

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald

7. “Jazz Age”

8. jazz

2. A Unique Musical Style

9. Louis Armstrong

10. Bessie Smith / “Empress of the Blues”

5. Describe the impact of jazz.  [p 271]

3. Jazz Wins Worldwide Popularity

11. Cotton Club

12. Duke Ellington

C. The Harlem Renaissance           OBJECTIVE: Describe the themes explored by writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

6. Describe the themes of the Harlem Renaissance.  [p 272]

1. Introduction

13. Harlem Renaissance

2. Cultural Movements in Literature and Art

14. New Negro

15. Claude McKay

16. Langston Hughes

17. Zora Neale Hurston / Their Eyes Were Watching God

7. Describe the impact of the Harlem Renaissance.  [p 271]

3. The Lasting Impact of the Harlem Renaissance