USHG05a: Great Migration & Harlem Renaissance

(US.28) In what is known as The Great Migration, large numbers of African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities, beginning in the early twentieth century. What motivated this large-scale movement?

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the opportunity to serve in the military in World War I

• job openings due to industrial growth in northern cities

• competition for jobs from immigrants moving into southern states

(US.28) From 1910 to 1930, many African Americans moved from the South to the North in a trend known as the Great Migration. One of the main causes of this move was

• economic hardships due to Southern overpopulation.

• racism in the South that caused fear and suffering.

• the promise of free housing and healthcare in the North.

• the impact created by the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

(US.28) As part of the "Great Migration," more African Americans sought better job opportunities by

• moving to California.

• immigrating from Africa.

• moving to the Northern and Northeastern United States.

• transplanting their families from the South to the ‘Sun Belt’.

(US.28) Which factor would have had the LEAST impact in causing the so-called "Great Migration" of African Americans in much of the 20th century?

• the South's relatively poor economy

• fewer agricultural jobs in the South

• more industrial and manufacturing jobs in the North than in the South

• Jim Crow laws banning African-Americans from most types of employment in the South

(US.28) The Great Migration involved the movement of approximately 6 million African-Americans from the rural south to urban centers in the north. What was one of the things that led to this massive wave of migration?

• labor shortages created by World War I

• "Dust Bowl" conditions in the Mid-west

• the end of sharecropping jobs in the rural South

• the "Boll Weevil Crisis" that destroyed southern cotton crops

(US.28) What was NOT a factor for the Great Migration?

• Available jobs in the north

• Boll weevil infestation of the 1910s

• Avoid racial segregation of Jim Crow laws

• Join the military to escape racism

(US.28) What decade did the Great Migration begin?

• 1860s

• 1770s

• 1920s

• 1910s

(US.28) What decade did the Great Migration end?

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1960s

• 1970s

(US.28) What areas did southern blacks move to during the Great Migration?

• small towns in the northeast

• large cities in the midwest

• industrial cities in the northeast

• rural towns in the northeast

(US.33) Which is true of the “Harlem Renaissance” of the 1920s?

• The era gave rise to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "flappers", and "speakeasies".

• Poverty and starvation crippled the area, leading to its ironic nickname.

• The "color barrier" in major league sports was broken by Jackie Robinson.

• The era gave rise to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and "The Cotton Club".