Chapter 14 - Immigration & Internal Migration Changes the Nation

Which of the following are causes of the Great Migration? (Select all that apply)

• There was a great awakening of African American culture

• African Americans faced prejudice and bias in the South

• Mostly tenant farming and sharecropping jobs existed in the South

• Many African Americans sought better paying jobs in Northern cities

• African Americans faced no bias or prejudice in Northern cities

Describe one way that urbanization in the late 1800s changed American lifestyles.

In the first part of the 20th century, immigrants came from foreign lands. In addition, people within the United States were also on the move.

"The economic motivations for migration were a combination of the desire to escape oppressive economic condition in the South and the promise of greater prosperity in the North. While a few were lucky enough to purchase land, most were sharecroppers, tenant farmers, or laborer barely existing from year to year."

How did African Americans respond to this situation?

• by forming labor unions

• by demanding intervention by the federal government

• by moving to Northern cities

• by asking Southern landowners to raise their wages

After the 1880s, what was a major new source of labor for American factories?

• western farmers who moved back to eastern cities

• young women who worked until they were married

• immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe

• former slaves fleeing from the South

What policy did the federal government follow in regard to Native Americans in an effort to resolve conflicts with settlers moving west in the 1870s?

• moved them east of the Mississippi River

• force them to live on government reservation further West

• relocate them to urban industrial centers

• hire them to construct the Transcontinental railroad

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, large numbers of immigrants were admitted to the U.S. primarily because of the economy's need for more

• skilled craftsman

• unskilled factory workers

• educated professionals

• scientists and technicians

Describe one way in which immigration in the late 1800s changed American lifestyles.