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text-based evidence questions
the harlem renaissance
directions: answer these questions after you read the passage. remember to begin your answer by restating part of the question, use direct evidence from the text, and explain your thinking.
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1. in the introduction, what does the article say african americans have done frequently? cite from the text. ri.1

1. explain what the great migration was. ri.3

1. explain what the harlem renaissance was. ri.3

explain the connection between the great migration and the harlem ren

Explanation:

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.
2. The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
3. The Great Migration provided the demographic shift that concentrated African Americans in northern cities like New York, creating the social and economic conditions necessary for the Harlem Renaissance to flourish.