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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why did so many African Americans migrate to cities during World War II? A. Agricultural jobs for blacks in the South were increasing. B. There were many job opportunities in urban factories. C. New civil rights legislation made it easier for blacks to travel. D. They wanted to join the military.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (captainfluffy):

let me think

OpenStudy (captainfluffy):

B most likely

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (captainfluffy):

heres why....The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. Some historians differentiate between the first Great Migration (1910–1930), numbering about 1.6 million migrants who left mostly rural areas to migrate to northern industrial cities; and, after a lull during the Great Depression, a Second Great Migration (1940–1970), in which 5 million or more people moved from the South, including many to California and other western states.[1] Between 1910 and 1970, blacks moved from 14 states of the South, especially Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, to the other three cultural (and census-designated) regions of the United States. According to US census figures, Georgia was the only Deep South state which suffered net declines in its African-American population for three consecutive decades from 1920–1950. More townspeople with urban skills moved during the second migration.[1] By the end of the Second Great Migration, African Americans had become an urbanized population. More than 80 percent of blacks lived in cities. A majority of 53 percent remained in the South, while 40 percent lived in the North, and 7 percent in the West.[2] According to Nicholas Lemann, the Great Migration:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can u help with a couple more @CaptainFluffy

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