When immigrants came to this country in the late 1800's and early 1900's they had to pass a test before they could with the people that were already in this country. American Studies

Contributing factors  leading  to the harlem renaissance were the great migration of african americans to northern cities, which concentratedambitious  people in places where they could encourage each  other, and the first world war, which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people.