AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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relocate to farms, which paid much more in wartime.
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settle on the east coast as for purposes of national defense.
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move into urban areas to fill newly available industrial jobs.
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leave the country in order to avoid being drafted.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arguably the most profound effect of World War I on African Americans was the acceleration of the multi-decade mass movement of black, southern rural farm laborers northward and westward to cities in search of higher wages in industrial jobs and better social and political opportunities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Great Migration (1910-1940) had Black southerners relocate to northern and midwestern cities including: New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh. When the war effort ramped up in 1917, more able bodied men were sent off to Europe to fight leaving their industrial jobs vacant.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the end of 1919, some scholars estimate that 1 million Black people had left the South, usually traveling by train, boat or bus; a smaller number had automobiles or even horse-drawn carts.