The Great Migration

What was the name of the mass movement of African Americans from the south?

• The Great Adventure

• The Great Migration

• The Great Movement

• Trail of Tears

What is the name of the racist segregation laws in the early to mid-20th century?

Answer explanation

Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American.

Why did African Americans want to leave the South?

• For more opportunities for better jobs and education

• Because of sharecropping

• For better weather and better food

• To escape the Jim Crow South and racial violence

Which of these are cities that African Americans moved to during the Great Migration?

• Pittsburgh

• Chicago

• St. Louis

• New York

What is the name for a person who is forced to flee their home in fear of danger, violence, war, persecution and/or natural disaster?

Do you believe the African Americans fleeing the south should be considered refugees? Why or why not?

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What was life like for African Americans in the south after slavery ended?

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What does migration mean?

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What is the name of the system where the Farm/plantation owner allows a tenant (former slaves or indentured servants) to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop they harvest?

• Prison system

• Discrimination

• Sharecropping

• Segregation

How did sharecropping lead to the prison industrial complex (Mass Incarceration)?

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