Push & Pull Factors For Great Migration Flashcards
1
Q
Push
A
Away from the south
2
Q
Pull
A
Towards north and west
3
Q
Lack of cotton crops
A
In Texas and Georgia bc of boll weevil causing economic hardship
4
Q
Labor shortage in south but
A
Huge demand for workers in the north to replace factory workers that left after the war
5
Q
Violence
A
No longer safe to live in the south. Lynching killing abt 2,500 blacks; once a week.
6
Q
Where did lynching happen
A
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and south Caroline
7
Q
Fear for their life
A
They couldn’t do anything wrong w out the potential of getting beaten to death. Murder and lynching weren’t too far off.
8
Q
The north pull
A
More opportunities: better jobs and housing
Economic advancement
An escape
