Great Migration

By 1910 where did the majority of African-Americans live?

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

Which of the following was a pull factor that led to African-Americans migrating out of the South during the Great Migration?

• Job opportunities in factories

• Social terror

• Lack of voting opportunities

• A decrease in wages

What were some PUSH factors

• Jim Crow Laws

• Poverty

• Inflation

• All of these

Information about a better life in the north was shared with African Americans by

• The underground railroad

• Newspapers and letters from the north

• Phone calls

• White shop owners

The Great Migration saw _____ million African Americans migrating away from the South by its end.

• 1

• 235,000

• 6

• 3

What was the role of the Chicago Defender in the Great Migration?

• It was a newspaper that encouraged black southerners to move North

• It was a newspaper that discouraged the Great Migration

• It had no role in the Great Migration

• It was a newspaper that reported on the negative aspects of the Great Migration

What was a kitchenette

• A stove top and an oven

• A bakery pantry

• Small cut up living spaces

• A high rise tenement

African Africans considered living in kitchenettes as living in ______________

• Luxury and comfort

• A prison death sentence

• Paradise

• Equal to living on a farm

Which statement is true about the Great Migration?

• The Chicago Defender encouraged African Americans to stay in the South

• At the end of the Great Migration 90% of the African Americans lived in the West

• Most African Americans had their own cars to drive North

• Northern cities didn't die out because cars and trains kept bringing African Americans North

In the North, African Americans had the freedom to vote and their children could go to school. These are push or a pull factors?

• PUSH

• PULL