Push Factors
What is the definition of a push factor?
A push factor is a negative thing that pushed black people away from the South.
What is a pull factor?
A pull factor is a positive thing that drew black people to the North.
Most black people moved to this type of location.
Many black people worked this job in the South. It was known as a system of debt farming.
Sharecropping
Which racist group sought to harm black people?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
This is a racist and all white group that wanted to prevent black people from succeeding.
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Which racist group had significantly less power in the North than in the South?
KKK
Enclave
These jobs typically resulted in the workers developing breathing related diseases and coming home covered in dust.
Miners
What would happen to black people who tried to leave the South if they were discovered?
They could be beaten and/or killed.
This is a system of debt farming meant to keep black people down socially and economically.
Sharecropping
True or false? People in the North were generally less aggressive towards.
True
Which famous neighborhood in New York City attracted the most black people during the Great Migration?
Harlem
These jobs involved working long hours, usually in one place, with terrible work conditions.
Factories
True or false? With a growing population of black people in the North, racism significantly declined.
False
What was the name for the set of laws that reinforced racism and segregation?
Jim Crow Laws
What about working in the North made it more appealing than the South?
There are more jobs and higher wages.
What did these migrants contribute to the neighborhoods they arrived in?
Culture: music, dancing, religion, art, food, poetry, etc.
This job involved working for a wealthy family in their home.
Nanny, maid, or servant
What laws were the precursor to Jim Crow Laws?
Black Codes
What would happen to many black families who tried to move to the North?
They would be beaten or intimidated into staying.
True or false? There was little to no racism in the North?
False
What is a neighborhood in New York City other than Harlem that saw a lot of migrants arrive from the Great Migration?
Sandy Ground, Staten Island
Canarsie Colored Colony, Canarsie
San Juan Hill, Midtown Manhattan
Weeksville, Brooklyn
Carrsville, Brooklyn
True or false? Black people were hired as construction workers in the North and are responsible for building many of the amazing structures around New York City.
True
Segregation, the KKK, and unequal workplace treatment.