USA HISTORY

What factor(s) in the US south led to the Great Migration of almost 6 million African-Americans to the Mid-West and North during the early to mid 20th Century?

(A) total freedom and civil rights protection

(B) ** availability of jobs and economic opportunity

(C) the Harlem Renaissance led to more entertainment jobs

(D) the Civil Rights movement in the South forced them to move North

Concept note-1: -It was caused primarily by the poor economic conditions for African American people, as well as the prevalent racial segregation and discrimination in the Southern states where Jim Crow laws were upheld.

Concept note-2: -The driving force behind the mass movement was to escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, and obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow. The Great Migration is often broken into two phases, coinciding with the participation and effects of the United States in both World Wars.

Concept note-3: -“Pull” factors included encouraging reports of good wages and living conditions that spread by word of mouth and that appeared in African American newspapers.

Concept note-4: -Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many Black Americans headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that arose during the First World War.

Concept note-5: -Between 1910 and 1930, the African-American population in the Northern states increased by nearly 40% as a result of migration, particularly to large cities. Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York City had some of the greatest increases in the twentieth century.