THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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Question
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What major event saw a large number of African Americans move north?
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World War I
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End of the Civil War
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the Great Depression
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
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