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Great Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened during the Great Migration?

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2.

why did the African Americans move to Newark?

a)

They were forced

b)

A better life, higher wages

c)

They owned land

d)

None of the above

3.

Why would white southerners in the era of Jim Crow not want their African American employees and tenants to work hard and be ambitious?

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4.

What does this map repesent?

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5.

Where did the migrants from Alabama move to?

a)

Detroit

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Cleveland

d)

New York

6.

How did patterns of black migration before 1916 reflect patterns of race relations and economic opportunity?

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7.

Segregation in the South was mainly based on

a)

Religion

b)

economic status

c)

race-skin color

d)

hair color

8.

which best explains Jim Crow Laws?

a)

African Americans gaining full civil and political rights

b)

better opportunities for women

c)

unequal opportunities for African Americans in jobs

d)

discrimination laws focused on Native Americans

9.

What amendment... 1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

a)

13th amendment

b)

15th amendment

c)

14 amendment

d)

none of the above

10.

Whites Only Water Fountain... represents what?

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11.

What areas do you think were most segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All above

12.

Which of the following wasn't a area where African-Americans were able to get jobs in the North.

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Steel Industry

c)

Meatpacking Plants

d)

Automotive Factories

13.

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

a)

West

b)

North

c)

The south

d)

The east

14.

What year did America finally see a decrease in Immigration?

a)

1914

b)

1913

c)

1915

d)

None of de above

15.

Pull factors are...

a)

good things that draw a person to another country

b)

reasons that drive a person out of their country

c)

reasons people migrate to a new area

d)

none of the above