THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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to find more food
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because they didn’t like growing cotton
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to find better jobs
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to get bigger homes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The desire to escape Jim Crow Laws. The cotton crop failed and many lost their jobs. They wanted to move to a place with a better climate.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Migrants and their children created the Harlem Renaissance, changed the sound of the blues music that they brought north with them, desegregated sports, and became involved in politics. The Great Migration arguably was a factor leading to the American civil rights movement.