The Great Migration and A Raisin in the Sun Quiz

What was the main cause of The Great Migration?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Redlining

• Sharecropping

• Housing Discrimination

Which event led to the availability of industrial jobs in cities during The Great Migration?

• World War I

• Black Codes

• Freedmen

• Housing Covenants

What percentage of African Americans lived in the rural South in 1910?

• 10%

• 90%

• 50%

• 70%

Which city experienced a significant growth in its African American population between 1900 and 1960?

• Detroit

• New York City

• Chicago

• St. Louis

What was the purpose of housing covenants in Chicago?

• To enforce racial segregation

• To provide affordable housing

• To promote integration

• To prevent discrimination

What did redlining involve?

• Enforcing racial violence

• Renting land to tenants

• Denying services based on race

• Restricting home sales

Which court case ruled against racially restrictive covenants in 1948?

• Illinois Supreme Court

• Hansberry v. Lee

• Fair Housing Act

• Plessy v. Ferguson

What did sharecropping involve?

• Renting land in exchange for a share of crops

• Restricting home sales

• Enforcing racial segregation

• Renting land to tenants

Who wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun'?

• Harper Lee

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Langston Hughes

When did 'A Raisin in the Sun' first premiere on Broadway?

• 1957

• 1963

• 1959

• 1960