USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Some PUSH FACTORS of the South, influencing the Great Migration included all of the following, except ____
A
discrimination, lynchings and black codes
B
factory jobs in the North
C
drought and boll weevils destroying crops
D
unfair share cropping contracts
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The important factors which motivate people to move can be classified into five categories. They are economic factors, demographic factors, socio-cultural factors, political factors and miscellaneous factors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Push factors describe the reasons that individuals might emigrate from their homes, including poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or persecution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary factors for migration among southern African Americans were segregation, indentured servitude, convict leasing, an increase in the spread of racist ideology, widespread lynching (nearly 3, 500 African Americans were lynched between 1882 and 1968), and lack of social and economic opportunities in the South.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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