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1920’s Test
Reading and Language Arts
Name _______________________________
Please use the terms below to answer the following statements:
Ethel Waters
Bill Bojangles Robinson
Countee Cullen
Augusta Savage
Lois Mailou Jones
Zora Neale Hurston
Bessie Coleman
Duke Ellington
Amelia Earhart
Charles Lindburgh
Charlie Chaplin
Bessie Smith
Josephine Baker
KKK
Apollo Theater
Cool Papa Bell
Jesse Owens
Scatting
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Jack Johnson
Laurel and Hardy
renaissance
Marcus Garvey
Madame C. J. Walker
Satchel Paige
flappers
Fire!
Babe Didrikson
Margaret Mead
Langston Hughes
Jacob Lawrence
jazz
W. E. B. DuBois
Rent party
New Negro
The Great Migration
Babe Ruth
The Charleston
Harlem
Aaron Douglas
The Crisis
Cotton Club
Pig Foot Mary
Al Capone Al Jolson
Margaret Sanger
1. Called “The Little Tramp,” this man was an actor, a
director and a composer; however, he was best known as a
pantomime artist.
2. Born in Jamaica, this man started the UNIA.
3. Editor of The Crisis, this man also founded the NAACP.
4. Known as “The Empress of the Blues,” this singer
demanded to be paid the same as white performers.
5. A scalp condition led her to form her own company that
featured hair card products.
6. This group was founded by 6 former Confederates. They
dressed in white and burned crosses in the yards of black
people.
7. This dance became popular during this period in history
and was named for a city in South Carolina.
8. This woman became well known as a landlord and a street
vendor who built her own steam tables.
9. This man was known as “the Sultan of Swat” because of his
skill at hitting homeruns in baseball.
10. Winning four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics was
quite a feat, especially since he did it in front of Hitler in
Berlin!
11. This theater is well-known for being the place many
famous people got their start in show business.
12. Getting her pilot’s license in France because of racial
discrimination in America, she became a stunt pilot who
ended up dying during one of her shows.
13. “The Ambassador of Jazz.”
14. Known as the fastest runner of all time, this baseball
player was cool!
15. This term means “rebirth.”
16. This is a form of singing using nonsense words. Ella
Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were best known for
This style of singing.
17. This city was known for its jazz!!! Louis Armstrong was
born there.
18. A boxer from Galveston, Texas, this man became the
first African American to ever become the Heavyweight
Champion of the World.
19. In order to pay rent, some African Americans charged 25
Cents to their friends. It was a night full of music, food
and fun!
20. During the early part of the 20th century, African
Americans moved from the south to the north seeking
new opportunities in urban areas such as Harlem. This
was called __________________.
21.
Alain Locke made up this term to describe a proud,
Strong, intelligent black person.
22.
This man was an artist who painted 60 panels that
told the story of the Great Migration.