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From 1915-20, _______ Blacks left the southern US
1 million
Black immigrants from ______ participated in the Great Migration
Caribbean
When did the Arthur family arrive at Chicago’s Polk Street Depot?
Aug 30, 1920
What states did many Black sharecroppers leave?
Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
From 1910-20, what % increase in Black population did Detroit, Chicago, and Cleveland see, respectively?
611.3%, 148.2%, 307.8%
New York and Philadelphia saw an increase in what percent in their Black population?
66.3%, 58.9%
What smaller cities saw growth in their Black population?
Milwaukee, Akron, Gary, Buffalo, and Newark
Harlem was _____ of Central Park
North
What city did Jelly Roll Morton start in?
New Orleans
What cities along the Mississippi River developed distinct regional styles?
Memphis, Kansas City, and St. Louis
How many subscribers did Chicago Defender have?
500,000
When did Armstrong arrive in Chicago?
1922
Armstrong earned ____ times than what he made in New Orleans in Chicago
5
When did Armstrong go solo?
1925
How many steps did the Charleston have?
400
What venues did Ellington and Whiteman perform at?
Cotton Club and Roseland Ballroom
When was the electrical recording invented?
1925
What non-American cities had jazz centers by the mid-1920s?
London, Paris, Berlin, and Shanghai
When did Stalin take power?
1928
How many lynchings were there in 1919?
76
How many lynchings were there in 1917?
36
The 1919 lynchings were the highest total since…
1904
Between 1915-19, how many major race riots were there?
18
What cities were involved in major race riots 1915-19?
D.C., Omaha, Knoxville, Philadelphia, and Houston
On what day did cotton farmers in Phillips County meet in their church to form a union?
September 30
How many federal troops were involved in the Elaine Massacre?
500
How many days did the Elaine Massacre last?
5 days
In 1919, how many people died in Northern race riots?
250
When was Eugene Williams killed?
July 27, 1919
Williams’s death caused…
7 days of rioting that killed 38 and injured 500
How did the Chicago riot end?
The National Guard stopped it
Just a week before Williams’s murder, ______ federal troops had to be ordered to stop a D.C. racial riot
2000
How many African Americans served in WWI?
400,000
African Americans purchased _______ in liberty bonds
$250 million
When/where was Garvey born?
St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, 1887
Garvey was the youngest of _____ children
11
When did Garvey come to the US?
1916
When did Garvey tell people to “match fire with hellfire”?
Fall 1919 after a race riot in Omaha
When Garvey claimed a “new emancipation” was coming, he was describing…
Freeing Africa from colonial rule
Garvey’s organization had ______ branches in __________
1000; 38 states and 41 countries
How many members did the UNIA have?
2 million
How many subscribers did the Negro World have officially in 1920?
50,000
Scholars estimate the Nero World had up to ________ subscribers
200,000
How many seats did Liberty Hall have?
6,000
In August 1920, Garvey attracted a crowd of ______ people
25,000
When was the NAACP founded?
1909
By what year was the UNIA posing a threat to the NAACP?
1919
When was Garvey convicted of felony mail fraud?
1923
When was Garvey deported?
1927
What UNIA organizations were apart of their August 2 parade?
African Legion and Black Cross Nurses
