HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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New jobs in the Northeast (Great Lakes) region led to migration north
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A shift from industry to service jobs, plus the promise of better weather, led people to move from the Northeast (Great Lakes) to the South
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Promise of free land in exchange for 5 years of farming caused a migration to the west
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Hopes for striking it rich in gold mining led to a migration to the Pacific Northwest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1970 and 1990, the South grew in population by 36 percent and the West by 51 percent, both well above the national average. Large in-migration, along with a high birth rate and a decline in out-migration, all contributed to rapid growth of both the Sun Belt’s population and manufacturing activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 facilitated southern states’ frontal assault on unions. Thereafter, cheap, nonunionized labor, low wages, and lax regulations pulled northern industries away from the Rust Belt.
Detailed explanation-3: -The warmer, sunnier parts of a country or continent, especially the southern United States, are sometimes referred to as the sunbelt. During the last recession, migration to the sunbelt accelerated.