Carter's Great Migration Quiz

What are population shifts

• Shifts in the population

• The movement of large groups in and out of certain areas over a period of time

• Population shifts?

• IDK

Who did the people in the south hire to work in the cotton mills?

• african american

• poor immigrants

• French Italians

• poor white people

Where did the majority of poeple in America live in 1900

• west

• south

• North-east

• north

what three reasons did African americans move

• better jobs, more mobility, and to escape escalating violence in the south

• they were scared, they were hot, they were sweaty

• Better food, better housing, better prices

• better ingredients, better Pizza, Papa John's

What factors made cotton less sustainable

• the Boll Weevil, and unprdictable weather

• they needed to get beter

• poor farming equipment and lack of water

• too much sunshine

what laws stopped black people from having access to resources that would make their community better

• Jim Crow Laws

• congress's laws

• The Sheriff's laws

• The Laws of plantation owners

what is this man doing

• he is driving a nail with a sledgehammer

• he is working

• he is hitting a nail with a hammer

• he is doing nothing

what word would best describe this train car full of immigrants?

• crowded

• empty

• overflowing

• full of labor workers

what insect caused problems for the southern cotton fields

• chicken nuggets

• boll weevil

• flys

• cotton mouths

What is the name of the period we are learning about?

• The Great Depression

• The Great migration

• The Great Chicago Fire

• World War II