WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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They moved to new areas to live with relatives they had been away from for many years.
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There were new job opportunities available in factories that had not existed before WWI.
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They wanted to live in an area with a more mild climate.
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None of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A tremendous drive of the Great Migration was the massive labor shortage created by men enlisting to serve in World War I. African Americans resettled in the North and West to find higher quality and higher paying jobs for a better life.
Detailed explanation-2: -They viewed the conflict as an opportunity to prove their loyalty, patriotism, and worthiness for equal treatment in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many African Americans served under the Services of Supply section of the American Expeditionary Forces. This section comprised of stevedore, labor, and engineers service battalions and companies. The main function of these companies was to support and provide materials to other companies along the front.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.