Question

PLZ HELPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which of the following does NOT describe America following the abolition of slavery?

Question 1 options:

African Americans were paid for their work.


African Americans faced discrimination.


African Americans left the South for more opportunities.


African Americans received equal pay as whites.

Question 2 (1 point)
Art during the Harlem Renaissance…

Question 2 options:

was ignored by most Americans.


challenged commonly held views about African Americans.


encouraged a revolutionary style of art.


was focused on the culture of Africa.

Question 3 (1 point)
According to the text, the primary accomplishment of the Harlem Renaissance was…

Question 3 options:

fighting back against racial inequality.


creating an identity for African Americans.


achieving equal pay for African Americans.


introducing Langston Hughes as a prominent poet.

Question 4 (1 point)
Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text, regarding the Harlem Renaissance?

Question 4 options:

It encouraged African Americans to leave the South to pursue work in Harlem, where African Americans were considered equals.


It worked to change white citizens’ perceptions of African Americans as primarily laborers


It provided African Americans an opportunity to create a new identity by using art to express their feelings and experiences.


It reminded white citizens that African Americans continued to suffer unjust treatment because of their race.

Question 5 (1 point)
Which section from the text best supports the central idea that the Harlem Renaissance provided African Americans with an opportunity to create a new identity by using art to express their feelings and experiences?

Question 5 options:

“In the early 1900s African Americans began moving north where they could find better paid jobs working in city factories instead of on farms.” (Paragraph 3)


“One of the most common stereotypes was that they were primitive, wild people still closely connected to the ‘jungle roots’ of their origins in Africa.” (Paragraph 4)


“Although the poem never addressed race directly, African-American readers found its message of defiance inspiring as they continued to hear about racially motivated violence around the country.” (Paragraph 5)


“Artists held the belief that through intellect, literature, art, and music, their work could challenge racism and enable African Americans to better integrate into American society as a whole.” (Paragraph 6)


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Answer 1

1.) A. African Americans were paid for their work.

2.) A. Was ignored by most Americans.

3.) B. Creating an identity for African Americans.

4.) A. It encouraged African Americans to leave the South to pursue work in Harlem, where African Americans were considered equals.

5.) D. “Artists held the belief that through intellect, literature, art, and music, their work could challenge racism and enable African Americans to better integrate into American society as a whole.” (Paragraph 6)