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Great Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Freedom means

a)

able to make your own choices

b)

having a lot of friends

c)

working

d)

planting trees

2.

During the 1920s, which types of jobs were African Americans going to the north for?

a)

factory and railroad jobs

b)

working on farms

c)

basketball and soccer jobs

d)

building houses

3.

The movement of 6 million African Americans from areas in the southern U.S. to northern U.S is know as

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

Great Migration

d)

migrate

4.

Prosperity means

a)

having no money

b)

being able to make money from a job

c)

being able to run fast

d)

being able to vote

5.

Which of the following means to move somewhere new?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

Great Migration

d)

migrate

6.

African Americans would get higher pay in the north U.S. than the south U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Peace means

a)

small things

b)

war

c)

sadness

d)

away from fighting

8.

Which of the following means separation of people based on their differences?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

Great Migration

d)

migrate

9.

Which painter created this painting of the Great Migration?

a)

Van Gogh

b)

Walt Disney

c)

Jacob Lawrence

d)

Bob Ross

10.

During the 1920s, African American children could only go to school in the _.

a)

north

b)

south

11.

Which of the following means to treat someone differently based on their differences from others?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

Great Migration

d)

migrate

12.

African Americans were being attacked in the south, which is one of the reasons why they were migrating to the north.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

During the Great Migration, African Americans went north by

a)

plane

b)

train

c)

boat

d)

horse

14.

Information about a better life in the north was shared with African Americans by

a)

text messages

b)

newspapers and letters from the north

c)

phone calls

d)

farmers

15.

Jacob Lawrence was a

a)

painter

b)

singer

c)

farmer

d)

carpenter