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Ephraim
Waller
Mrs.
Finai
Expository
Writing
P1
13
May
2015
Prior
to
the
Harlem
Renaissance
Prior
to
the
Harlem
Renaissance,
many
events
took
place
that
lead
to
the
beginning
of
the
Harlem
Renaissance,
such
as,
southern
laws
that
were
passed
to
disenfranchise
African
Americans
and
WW1.
Many laws were passed in the late 1800s that disenfranchised the African
Americans.
In
1890,
former
Confederate
states
made
amendments
that
denied
African
Americans
of
their
right
to
vote.
Many
other
laws
were
passed
that
prevented
African
Americans
from
equality.
So
in
order
to
change
that,
they
needed
to
prove
that
they
were
citizens
of
the
United
States
of
America.
One
of
biggest
events
that
took
place
before
the
Harlem
Renaissance
is
World
War
1.
It
was
also
the
one
of
the
first
wars
that
the
African
Americans
took
part
in.
African
Americans
decided
to
take
part
in
WW1
because
it
was
a
perfect
opportunity
to
show
their
loyalty,
patriotism,
and
worthiness
for
equal
treatment
in
America.
When
the
United
declared
war
against
Germany
in
1917,
they
turned
away
many
African
Americans.
But
they
soon
realized
that
they
did
not
have
enough
men
so
Congress
passed
the
Selective
Service
Act,
which
requires
all
males
between
the
age
of
21
and
31
to
sign
up
for
the
draft.
Waller 2
But
before
the
Act
was
passed,
many
African
Americans
joined
the
war
effort.
After
WW1
ended,
African
American
soldiers
were
returning
and
searching
for
a
unique
place
to
live.
Since
now,
whites
are
acknowledging
African
Americans
as
a
national
identity
in
the
United
States.
This
led
to
the
start
of
the
Harlem
Renaissance.
Transition
Sentence:
The
Harlem
Renaissance
started
with
the
Great
Migration.
Annotated
Bibliography
http://www.ehow.com/facts_7227074_cause-effect-harlem-renaissance.html
This
website
doesnt
have
a
lot
of
information
but
it
gives
you
a
lot
facts
on
the
cause
and
effects
of
the
Harlem
Renaissance.
I
chose
this
website
because
I
just
happened
to
come
by
it
and
it
has
a
good
amount
of
information.
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwi/articles/fightingforrespect.aspx
This
website
has
a
lot
of
information
on
World
War
1.
I
chose
this
website
because
it
told
me
about
how
the
African
Americans
joined
the
war
effort.
Waller 3
http://umich.edu/~lawrace/votetour6.htm
This
website
has
information
on
the
different
laws
that
were
passed
in
the
late
1800s
and
the
voting
percentage
for
William
McKinley.
I
chose
this
website
because
it
told
some
of
the
laws
that
were
passed
to
disenfranchise
the
African
Americans.