USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Great Migration?
A
When Mexicans moved to the United States
B
When Africans were brought as slaves to the Americas
C
When African Americans left the south and moved to cities in the north, midwest, and west
D
When African Americans left small farms and moved to cities like Atlanta after slavery ended
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the Great Migration? Throughout the year, East Africa’s wide-open grasslands are the setting for the Great Migration as millions of wildebeests, Burchell’s zebras, antelopes and other herd animals make the trek from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya.

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 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.

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