Question

directions: answer these questions after you read the passage. remember to design your answers by restating part of the question. use details/evidence from the text, and explain your thinking. key ideas & details 1. in the introduction, what does the article say african americans have done frequently? cite from the text? ri.1 2. explain what the great migration was. ri.3 3. explain what the harlem renaissance was. ri.3 4. explain the connection between the great migration and the harlem renaissance. ri.3 5. summarize the main idea of isabel wilkinson’s quote in one sentence. ri.2

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Answer:

1. The Great Migration was the mass movement of approximately six million African Americans from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970, driven by a desire to escape racial violence and seek better economic opportunities.
2. The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
3. The Great Migration provided the demographic shift and concentration of African American talent in Northern urban centers like Harlem, which created the social and economic conditions necessary for the Harlem Renaissance to flourish.