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Great Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name

Class

Date

The Great Migration refers to the shift of the AfricanAmerican population from the

rural South to the rural North

rural North to the rural South

urban South to the urban North

rural South to the urban North

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Treaty of Versailles?

New European nations were created.

Germany had to claim responsibility for starting World War I.

Germany was not to be punished for its role in World War I.

Some European nations’ boundaries were redrawn.

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

The South

The North

The East

The West

Between 1916-1970 what was the city that saw the highest African-American population growth for the car industry and Henry Ford?

Chicago

Detroit

Cleveland

Milwaukee

What part of the Jim Crow laws were African-Americans mostly trying to get away from? Hint: One of these has always been around the other was created by these new laws

Discrimination

Segregation

What does it mean to migrate?

To move from one place to another

To sleep all winter

To hunt for food

To change houses

Many of the people who moved away from the south were...

old

white

black

Asian

It was hard for black people to find jobs in the south because of __________, which made segregation legal.

Jim Crow laws

Slave laws

Segregational Act of 1900

Civil Rights

The Great Migration had to do with

African Americans

Asian Americans

moving North

moving West

jobs in cities

10.

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

11.

Why did African Americans move away from the South?

Scarce job opprotunites

Discrimination and violence

Low paying jobs

All of the above

12.

Which City African Americans moved to during the 1920's was know for its meat packing industry?

New York, New York

Detroit, Michigan

Chicago, Illinois

Baltimore, Maryland

13.

What does it mean to migrate?

To move from one place to another

To sleep all winter

To hunt for food

To change houses

14.

Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?

The climate was better.

There were more jobs.

The housing was free.

There were fewer taxes.

15.

The term that best describes a moving to a new location is

migration

mobility

immigration

globalization

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Great Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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