THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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the increased number of immigrants moving to urban areas
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the need for workers during the Great Depression
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the increased supply of skilled laborers due to industrialization
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the demand for workers in factories during World War I
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the Great Migration? The Great Migration was the movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements represent the impact of the Great Migration? Correct answers:-The Great Migration initiated a major demographic shift nationwide.-By moving to regions beyond the South, African Americans gained more political leverage.