USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which part of the Harlem Renaissance best reflects the image of the Roaring Twenties?
A
demands for equal rights
B
passage of the 18th and 19th amendments
C
expression through jazz and dance
D
an increase in the number of immigrants coming in to the US
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Harlem Renaissance best reflects the image of the Roaring Twenties by expression through jazz and dance. Harlem became the centre of the Renaissance that celebrated African heritage. African Americas were able to showcase their culture during the 1920s, through jazz and dance.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic flowering of the “New Negro” movement as its participants celebrated their African heritage and embraced self-expression, rejecting long-standing-and often degrading-stereotypes.

Detailed explanation-3: -What was the style of the Harlem Renaissance? Artists worked in many different styles, but a general tendency was to explore a fusion of realism, modernism, African art, and even elements of antiquity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Harlem Renaissance (c. 1918–37) was the most influential movement in African American literary history. The movement also included musical, theatrical, and visual arts. The Harlem Renaissance was unusual among literary and artistic movements for its close relationship to civil rights and reform organizations.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Harlem Renaissance was about giving a voice to the experiences of African Americans, and nothing gave expression to the African American experience better than jazz. Jazz was born out of the Black experience in America, basically fusing African and European musical traditions.

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