WorksheetsGreat Migration
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 17mins
What happened during the Great Migration?
why did the African Americans move to Newark?
They were forced
A better life, higher wages
They owned land
None of the above
Why would white southerners in the era of Jim Crow not want their African American employees and tenants to work hard and be ambitious?
What does this map repesent?
Where did the migrants from Alabama move to?
Detroit
Los Angeles
Cleveland
New York
How did patterns of black migration before 1916 reflect patterns of race relations and economic opportunity?
Segregation in the South was mainly based on
Religion
economic status
race-skin color
hair color
which best explains Jim Crow Laws?
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
better opportunities for women
unequal opportunities for African Americans in jobs
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
What amendment... 1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
13th amendment
15th amendment
14 amendment
none of the above
Whites Only Water Fountain... represents what?
What areas do you think were most segregated?
Schools
housing
Public Transportation
All above
Which of the following wasn't a area where African-Americans were able to get jobs in the North.
Sharecropping
Steel Industry
Meatpacking Plants
Automotive Factories
By 1910 where did the majority of African-Americans live?
West
North
The south
The east
What year did America finally see a decrease in Immigration?
1914
1913
1915
None of de above
Pull factors are...
good things that draw a person to another country
reasons that drive a person out of their country
reasons people migrate to a new area
none of the above
