THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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All were northern states.
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All experienced a decrease in percentage of African-American population.
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All experienced an increase in percentage of African-American population.
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The percentage of African-American population remained the same in all.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Migration created the first large, urban black communities in the North. The North saw its black population rise about 20 percent between 1910 and 1930. Cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland saw some of the biggest increases.
Detailed explanation-2: -African Americans were pushed from their communities by a lack of economic opportunities and harsh segregationist legislation, and they migrated north to take advantage of the need for factory workers during World War I.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.