The Great Migration-

Objectives -

I can explain how WWI caused changes for minorities.

I can explain the causes and effects of the Great Migration.

I can explain obstacles and opportunities for African Americans that resulted from the Great Migration.

According to the objectives above we will be discussing the effects of WWI on which minority group?

• Asian Americans

• African Americans

• Latin Americans

• German Americans

I’ve watched the trains as they disappeared

Behind the clouds of smoke,

Carrying the crowds of working men

To the land of hope,

Working hard on southern soil,

Someone softly spoke;

“Toil and toil, and toil and toil,

And yet I’m always broke.”

On the farms I’ve labored hard,

And never missed a day;

With wife and children by my side

We journeyed on our way.

But now the year is passed and gone,

And every penny spent,

And all my little food supplies

Were taken ’way for rent.

Yes, we are going to go the north!

I don’t care to what state,

Just as long as I cross the Dixon Line,

From this southern land of hate,

Lynched and burned and shot and hung,

And not a word is said.

No law whatever to go protect—

It’s just a “negro” dead.

Go on, dear brother; you’ll ne’er regret;

Just trust in God; pray for the best,

And in the end you’re sure to find

“Happiness will be thine.”

Based on the poem above...

What is most likely this man's occupation?

• western railroad worker

• northern lawyer

• southern sharecropper

• eastern teacher

What is the best caption for this picture?

• Many African Americans were ranchers after World War I

• After the War many African Americans returned as heroes.

• Often African Americans followed birds.

• In every town African Americans were leaving by the hundreds to go North and enter into Northern industry.

According to the picture how would you describe the economic situation of African Americans in the South after WWI.

• They were very poor.

• They had money, but could not buy anything

• They were slaves so they had no money.

• Most of them lived simply for religious reasons.

What reason is pictured here as why some African Americans might have wanted to leave the South?

• The land was not good to farm because of the Dust Bowl

• The weather in the South was not good.

• Child labor and a lack of education

• The North promised better land to farm on.

One desitination was Pittsburgh because of it's large ______________ many people moved there for jobs.

• industriaization

• highway system

• college

• laissez faire

This image represents which of the follwoing things that wee improved for African Americans in the North?

• fashion

• physical fitness

• dancing

• education

Which of the following are PUSH factors related to the great migation? (Check all that apply)

• Bad weather in the South

• poverty

• lack of education/chlld labor in the South

• war in the South

• share croppiing/hard times

Which of the following are PULL factors related to the Great Migration and why peope moved north? (Check all that apply.)

• jobs in industry

• education

• better agriculture

• increased military presence

• hope and happiness

After World War I began in 1914, industrialized urban areas in the North, Midwest, and West needed industrial workers as World War I put an end to European immigration to the United States. With production of war materials in high demand, manufacturers encouraged African Americans to come north. Of course, this was discouraged by white Southerners who depended on African American labor on farms. Black newspapers–particularly the Chicago Defender–published advertisements telling of the opportunities available in the cities of the North and West.

Based on the reading above WHY did they move?

• opportunity for jobs in industry

• Better laws

• Better land

• more social options