21. Document Project 21: The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance

Quiz for Document 21.5 A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen, “The New Negro—What Is He?” 1919

Quiz for Document 21.5: A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen, “The New Negro—What Is He?” 1919

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following ideas would the “New Negro” embrace according to A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen ?

Passive resistance

Qualified equality

Laissez-faire economics

Creation of a new political party

2. According to Randolph and Owen, what have past politicians of the Republican and Democrats provided to the black voting populace?

Empty promises

Increasing equality

Congressional representation

Prohibition

3. What is the authors’ argument against miscegenation laws?

They discourage interracial cooperation.

They result in mulatto children.

They imply inherent inequality.

They weaken the black race.

4. How were the ideas of Randolph and Owen reflective of their historical context?

The Great Migration resulted in larger numbers of African Americans seeking equality in the South.

Migration patterns, military service, and progressives helped bring race to the forefront of politics.

The service of African Americans during World War I helped reinforce their socially inferior position.

Jim Crow laws were overturned as a result of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.

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