African American Social Developments: Reactions to the Great Migration Flashcards
How many African Americans moved from The South to The North from 1920 to 1970?
6 million
What did White Southern Authorities try to do to stop African Ameiricans
They tried to increase the wages for sharecroppers
What laws were passed throughout the USA related to segregation in relation to time?
Sundown Laws
What were Sundown Laws?
They prevented African Americans from going out in towns past a certain time
What was created in the 1940s to help African Americans where they could go after dark?
The Green Book
Which values did the KKK believe were the original American values?
White Anglo Saxon Protestant Values
When were there riots in St Louis in the 1910s before the Red Summer? (Give it to the Month)
May 1917
What started the 1917 St Louis Riots?
White workers did not want Black workers in their Unions
How many African Americans died in the 1917 St Louis Riots?
100
When was the first wave of The Great Migration of African Americans?
1910-1940
When was the second wave of The Great Migration of African Americans?
1940-1970
Name an African American internal migration movement which occurred in the 1880s
The Black Exodus
How much did the Black population in Chicago increase as a percentage from 1910-1919?
148%
How much did the Black population in Philadelphia increase as a percentage from 1910 to 1919?
500%
