From a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04 (ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso), install the base XMonad package, extra libraries/modules from the community as well as xterm and dmenu with:
sudo apt install xmonad libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev xterm dmenuLog out, click your user, select XMonad from the cog at the bottom right and type your password to log in using XMonad instead of the default window manager. The black screen you get is suckless to the extreme and completely expected :-) No wallpaper, no menu, no panel...