The Great Migration

The Great Migration

By Shaneca Seymore

Causes of Migration ​

​Push Factors

​Things that push people away from where they live, voluntarily

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• ​Safety Concerns

• Harsh segregationist laws

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​Pull Factors

​Things that PULL people to a new location, voluntarily

- Job Opportunities

-Hope​

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Multiple Choice

Segregation was still an issue in America during the time of the Great Migration?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Harsh Segregation laws was a push factor for many African Americans during the Great Migration.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a pull factor during the time of the Great Migration?

• Health hazards in the south

• Availability of New job opportunities

• Harsh segregation laws

• Hope

​The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many Black Americans headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that arose during the First World War.

​Effects/Impacts of the Great Migration

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​As a result of housing tensions, many Black residents ended up creating their own cities within big cities, fostering the growth of a new urban, African American culture. The most prominent example was Harlem in New York City, a formerly all-white neighborhood that by the 1920s housed some 200,000 African Americans.

Multiple Choice

Due to racial tensions, African Americans were forced to create their own cities in various states.

• True

• False