The Great Migration in the United States

What was the Great Migration in the United States?

• Movement of African-Americans from the South to the North and West

• Movement of Europeans to the United States

• Movement of Native Americans within the United States

• Movement of Asian immigrants to the United States

When did historians generally talk about the Great Migration occurring in two waves?

• 1910 to 1940 and roughly from 1940 to 1970

• 1800 to 1900

• 1950 to 1980

• 2000 to 2020

What was the approximate number of African-Americans who migrated from the South to Northern cities between 1910 and 1940?

• 1.5 million

• 500,000

• 2 million

• 100,000

What economic factors contributed to the Great Migration?

• Unfair labor practices like sharecropping and tenant farming

• High wages in the South

• Equal job opportunities

• Low cost of living in the South

What was the cultural movement associated with the first wave of the Great Migration?

• Harlem or Black Renaissance

• Victorian Era

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance in Italy

What important movement was the Great Migration a precursor to?

• Civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s

• Women's suffrage movement

• Labour rights movement

• Environmental conservation movement