The Great Migration Quiz

What was the Great Migration?

• A movement of people from the North to the South

• A movement of people from the West to the East

• A mass relocation of black southerners to the North and West

• A migration of Europeans to America

What was the impact of the Great Migration on urban America?

• It led to the rise of rural areas

• It had no impact on urban America

• It led to the decline of urban areas

• It transformed urban America and recast the social and political order

What term was used to identify black people during the first two-thirds of the twentieth century?

• African American

• Black

• Colored

• Negro

What was the average life span of the Jim Crow regime?

• Twenty years

• Fifty years

• Eighty years

• One hundred years

What was the primary reason for the Great Migration?

• To escape natural disasters

• To find better job opportunities and living conditions

• To explore new territories

• To experience different cultures

What was the impact of the Great Migration on the cities in the North and West?

• It led to an increase in crime rates

• It led to a decrease in the population of the cities

• It led to the rise of a well-scrubbed black middle class

• It had no impact on the cities

What was the average life span of the Great Migration?

• Twenty years

• Sixty years

• One hundred years

• Fifty years

What was the primary impact of the Great Migration on the South?

• It had no impact on the South

• It led to the decline of the southern states

• It forced the South to search its soul and lay aside a feudal caste system

• It led to the rise of a new caste system

What term gained popularity during the civil rights era to identify black people?

• African American

• Black

• Negro

• Colored

What was the primary reason for the migrants to leave the South?

• To explore new food options

• To seek a better life and freedom

• To escape from their families

• To experience different weather