The Great Migration (Grades 11-12)
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The Great Migration
1.
Before 1910, the African American population in the United States was evenly divided between the North and the South.
- True
- False
2.
Prior to 1900, the majority of the African American population in the South lived in rural areas.
- True
- False
3.
The Great Migration began in 1916 and ended in what year?
- 1944
- 1970
- 1988
- 2001
4.
The Great Depression caused northern migration to increase rapidly.
- True
- False
5.
Due to an increase in mechanized agriculture, sharecropping in the South dwindled starting in the 1930s.
- True
- False
6.
Which two cities were the destination for most of the migrants during the first phase of the Great Migration?
- Detroit and Pittsburgh
- Los Angeles and Oakland
- New York and Chicago
- Portland and Philadelphia
7.
During the second phase of the Great Migration, many migrants traveled to cities in the western part of the country.
- True
- False
8.
What factor typically decided to which city a migrant traveled?
9.
The period of race riots and racial violence in late 1919 was named what?
- the Troubles
- the Red Scare
- the Fell Winter
- the Red Summer
10.
Most of the violence during the Red Summer was directed toward rural southern African Americans.
- True
- False
11.
The onset of World War I created many job opportunities in northern factories.
- True
- False
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