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What was a major reason why millions of African Americans moved to the North during the Great Migration?
high paying factory jobs
Where did the African Americans go during the Great Migration?
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved north to large cities due to increased oppression in the South, greater accessibility to education, and an increase in job opportunities following WWI. The most popular destination was New York's City's upper-Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, where the increase in the population of African Americans led to the Harlem Renaissance.
The US that you know today was heavily influenced by One significant characteristic is the number of from southern states who moved to cities in the northern states?
A. the Great Migration; African Americans
What impact did the great migration of African Americans in World War 1 have on American race relations?
During the Great Mirgation, Africans Americans started moving North for job opportunities since all the previous men who worked in factories were recruited fro war through the Selective Service. People in the South were obviously racist against the African Americans, so during the Great Migration, the right to vote caused a lot of controversy. This is because when the African Americans moved to the Norht they were given the right to vote. The Great Migration is quite ironic because the northerners were fine when all the "colored" people were in the south but when they started moving and living in the the northern territory, many northerners became uncomfortable. Another race that were encouraged to move during the Great Migration were the Hispanics. They moved to farms to get jobs as cowboys in the west.
African Americans moved north for jobs .?
Over 1.6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to the North during the Great Migration of 1910 to 1930. Another migration period occurred from 1940 to 1970 relocating about 4.5 million African Americans to the Northeast, Midwest, and West.
In the Great Migration African Americans moved from one part of the US to another to escape?
rural poverty.
What best describes the great migration?
African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
What role did the ''Great Migration'' play in sparking the Harlem renaissence?
During the "Great Migration" millions of African Americans moved from the south to northern cities, one of which was New York, where they settled in Harlem. They transformed the entire culture and environment of Harlem, and the people of the Harlem Renaissance were the African Americans who moved to New York during the "Great Migration".
Where did African Americans move during the great migration?
In the Great Migration, which took place in 1910-1930, millions of African Americans "migrated" to the Midwest, Northeast, and West of the United States from Southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. A second movement -- New Great Migration -- has been occurring since 1965 and is essentially the reverse of the Great Migration, with African Americans moving to the "New South" where job growth exceeded that of the North and racism/discrimination has abated.
What describes the Great Migration of the 20th century?
The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans from the South to the urban North, between 1916 and 1970.
What was a major reason why millions of African Americans moved to the North during the Great Migration?
high paying factory jobs
What were African Americans called when they migrated to the Great Plains?
When African Americans moved from south to north the great migration.
In the early 20th century many african americans moved from south to cities in the north this great migration helped stimulate a flowering of artistic talent by africans in new york known as the harl?
In the early 20th century, many African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the North. This "Great Migration" helped stimulate a flowering of artistic talent by African-Americans in New York known as the Harlem Renaissance.
What is the The movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North known as?
The large scale migration of African-Americans from the agricultural south to the industrial north during the twentieth century came to be known as the Great Migration. More than 6 million blacks moved out of the rural south to the Northeast, Midwest and West to compete for manufacturing and other jobs in northern cities. By the end of the Great migration in the 1960's, African-Americans had become an urbanized population. More than 80 percent lived in cities. It was one of the largest and most rapid migrations in history.
The African American population of cities in the northern states increased during the American revolution?
increases great migration
In the great migration of 1910 to 1940 African Americans moved?
South to north
Where did the African Americans go during the Great Migration?
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved north to large cities due to increased oppression in the South, greater accessibility to education, and an increase in job opportunities following WWI. The most popular destination was New York's City's upper-Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, where the increase in the population of African Americans led to the Harlem Renaissance.
