Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. not taking or supporting any side; usually in regard to war or disagreement.
  2. 10. first black fighter pilot, he fought in World War I.
  3. 11. Founder of the Black Nationalist movement and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. A staunch supporter of relocation to Africa, Garvey also encourage pride in African heritage.
  4. 12. an African American musical form that developed in New Orleans, Louisiana, that blends different styles of music.
  5. 14. an all-black infantry regiment of World War I also known as the Harlem Hellfighters
  6. 15. Novelist, story writer, and folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote Of Mules and Men, and Their Eyes Were Watching God.
  7. 17. a form of music that originated in the Mississippi Delta and spread north during the Great Migration; it combines instrumental rhythms and expressive lyrics to convey emotions.
  8. 18. a type of entertainment popular at the turn of the century which featured acting, music, and comedy.
Down
  1. 1. taking over control or influence of smaller and weaker countries by a stronger, larger country.
  2. 2. traditional customs, sayings, stories, or other forms of art.
  3. 3. Songwriter, poet, and activist of the Harlem Renaissance. He is most famous for “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and for the book of poems God’s Trombones.
  4. 4. a violet period of race riots during 1919.
  5. 5. a neighborhood in the northern Manhattan in New York City that became home of large numbers of African Americans during the Great Migration, and that retains its cultural identity to this day.
  6. 7. the trend during the second decade of the 20th century when hundreds of thousands of African Americans left the South for greater opportunities in northern cities.
  7. 8. an ideology in favor of black self-government as well as social separation from whites.
  8. 9. Poet, essayist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, he focused on black life and cultural in the United States.
  9. 13. the idea of uniting all African nations or all people of African heritage to work together for common goal.
  10. 16. Renaissance – the flourishing of African American cultural, social, and artistic activities and developments centered in Harlem during the early days of the early 20th century.