Great Migration

What is the population shift

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

• people moving north

• people going upstate

• large groups of people moving south

What effect did the Lousianna purchase have on the size of the United States?

Why did people migrate north

• to see family

• they wanted to travel

• For better job oppertunites and to escape hate crime.

• better weather

What pulled people towards the North? (select all that apply)

• Better jobs

• more education oppertunties

• Better housing

• none of the above

Why did African Americans want to leave the South?

• They were being told to leave

• They were being racially attacked and lynched by different groups.

• they weren't happy

Why were most African Americans living in the South?

What were the housing conditions like? Chose ALL that apply

• Over-crowded

• Dirty

• Unstable

• suitable

What were the conditions of the groups of migrants like? Chose ALL that apply

• Healthy

• Crowded

• Safe

• Unsafe

At the beginning of the 20th Century, where did the majority of African-Americans live in the United States?

• The rural south

• The urban north

• The rural west

• The urban midwest

Which of the following was one the only areas where African-Americans were able to get a job in many southern states?

• Meatpacking

• Foundries

• Steel Mills

• Sharecropping