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Blacks/African Americans migrated to the Great Plains for several reasons.
Congress passed a wide variety of land acts to help attract settlers to the Great Plains. The 1862 Homestead Act opened up opportunities for African Americans by offering them land at little or no cost. Advertisements, newspaper articles, letters, and encouragement from black and white leaders enticed the African Americans to move to the Great Plains.
Another reason was that the conditions in the south were dire with increased racial violence, disfranchisement, loss of civil rights, and lack of economic opportunity for southern blacks. Many found homesteading on the plains difficult or had been led west by rumors that didn't live up to expectations, such as free passage and free land, but they stayed because it was better than returning to the south.
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Why did many migrate to the great plains area?
the homestead act offered them free land
Why were so many Americans living in the Great Plains forced to migrate west during the 1930s?
Drought and massive dust storms worsened economic conditions in the Great Plains.
Many African Americans opportunity offered by the homestead act by moving to?
The Great Plains
Why did so many blacks migrate north throughout the 1920's?
Many Blacks migrated during the 1920's, or Roaring Twenties, because many Jim Crow Laws were still restricting them in the South. They moved because there was great opportunity for jobs and education during this time because of such prosperity in America. Many Blacks settled in a place known as Harlem, a Negro community in New York. Here, the Harlem Renaissance took place and saw the rise of Jazz music and many writers of the time that would shape American Literature forever.
Why are the great plains so important?
they grow crops and many animals homes are their
