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The Great Migration

Authored by John Robinson

Social Studies

8th Grade

The Great Migration
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During the Great Migration, some African Americans chose to move North and to the Midwest for several reasons. Which of the following was most likely NOT a reason that they would have migrated? 

The hope for a better job.

The desire to escape Jim Crow Laws.

The cotton crop failed and many lost their jobs.

They wanted to move to a place with a better climate.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When did most of the Great Migration take place?

during and after the Civil War

during and after the Revolutionary War

During and after WWI

During and after WWII

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: The Great Migration had a huge impact on the Harlem Renaissance?

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The southerners moved to cities in what part of the country?

The west

The deep south

Canada

The north

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What area of New York did many African Americans move to? It became known for artistic, poetic, intellectual and musical creativity.

The Bronx

Harlem

Staten Island

Queens

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why were African Americans moving to the North and the west?

because they wanted to get away from being treated unfairly in the south, and because the north and west had lots of job opportunities.

They were moving away from the south because they wanted to be closer to relatives and people they knew in the north.

Abraham Lincoln invited them to come to the north and west.

They wanted to stay in the south

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did Jacob Lawence contribute to the great migration?

He sang songs, encouraging people in the south to move to the west and the north.

He wrote books about the sorrows African Americans faced and encouraged them to move to the north and the west.

he wrote many speeches and spoke them in front of thousands of people about the great migration.

He painted many paintings, and showed the great migration of African Americans migrated to the north and west.

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