THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It established jazz as a prominent musical form
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It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers
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It brought the most significant beat poets together
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It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre
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Detailed explanation-1: -The answer choice which was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture was: C. It established jazz as a prominent musical form.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most importantly, the Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride, a new social consciousness, and a new commitment to political activism, all of which would provide a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contributing factors leading to the Harlem Renaissance were the Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities, which concentrated ambitious people in places where they could encourage each other, and the First World War, which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for African American artists, writers and musicians. It gave these artists pride in and control over how the Black experience was represented in American culture and set the stage for the civil rights movement.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point in Black cultural history. It helped African American writers and artists gain more control over the representation of Black culture and experience, and it provided them a place in Western high culture.