Geography Flashcards
1
Q
1850 slave no
A
3.2 million
2
Q
1850 free blacks no
A
400 000
3
Q
Civil war
A
1861-65
4
Q
No of blacks joined federal army
A
300 000
5
Q
Emancipation proclamation
A
Jan 1863
6
Q
Number of freed slaves
A
3.5 million
7
Q
Transition slave to free
A
1863-77
8
Q
Southern Homestead Act
A
1866
44 acres for ex slaves
9
Q
Freedom
A
1865
10
Q
Slow drift north and west
A
1865-1917
11
Q
Economic depression
A
1914
12
Q
Great migration
A
1915-45
13
Q
First great migration
No of Blacks to northern cities from south
A
1.6 million
14
Q
First great migration
No of blacks to cotton belt
A
7 million
15
Q
1910-30 black northern pop % increase
A
+40%
16
Q
Boll weevil
A
1914
17
Q
KKK rapidly grew
A
1915-26
18
Q
Economic boom
A
1920s
19
Q
Great Economic Depression
A
1929
20
Q
New deal
A
1929-41
21
Q
Economic recovery
A
1933
22
Q
WWII
A
1941-45
23
Q
Wealth and industrial production
WWII
A
X2
24
Q
Unemployment decrease New Deal
A
11 million in 12 years
