The Great Migration Flashcard

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What was the Great Migration?

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A mass relocation of black southerners to the North and West.

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What was the impact of the Great Migration on urban America?

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It transformed urban America and recast the social and political order.

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What term was used to identify black people during the first two-thirds of the twentieth century?

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Colored

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What was the primary reason for the Great Migration?

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To find better job opportunities and living conditions

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What was the impact of the Great Migration on the cities in the North and West?

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It led to the rise of a well-scrubbed black middle class.

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What was the primary impact of the Great Migration on the South?

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It forced the South to search its soul and lay aside a feudal caste system.

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What term gained popularity during the civil rights era to identify black people?

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Black

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What was the primary reason for the migrants to leave the South?

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To seek a better life and freedom

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What was the role of the Harlem Renaissance in the Great Migration?

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It was a cultural movement that attracted black migrants to the North.

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What was the impact of the Great Migration on the music industry in America?

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It led to the rise of jazz and blues