The impact of Northern Migration Flashcards
what was the migration AKA?
Great Migration
what caused migration?
due to WW1, vacant jobs in the north were opening
who advertised these vacant jobs?
Factory owners in southern newspapers
by 1917, how many blacks migrated north?
40%
where in the north did they go?
chicago, detroit, cincinnati, colombus ohio
where in the east did they also go?
new york, philadalphia and pitsburgh
what were jobs advertised like in the north?
free housing, transport and good wages
how was accommodation?
crowded and unsanitary
beyond repairable housing
how did landlords exploit migrants?
they set the rent to more than a white person would be charged
why were sometimes white americans replaced in work?
they were demanding for higher wages, so they were replaced by black americans
what jobs did skilled black workers do?
unskilled jobs
where did the better off black americans live?
in black neighbourhoods
where did some poor families live?
rich white suburban areas to look for domestic and servant work
what was segregation like throughout the north?
it was on different levels
how was voting?
black people could vote
could also be elected for local and federal government
why did some blacks also travel?
received letters from relatives in north
could provide a place to stay and help looking for work
what kind of jobs did blacks do?
factories, slaughterhouses
working conditions were dangerous and rough
what were female migrants experiences?
difficult to find work
often in competition for domestic labour positions
what did the U.S supreme court declare in 1917?
racially based housing ordinances were unconstitutional
what did residential neighbourhoods enact?
covenants which required white property owners to agree not to sell homes to black americans
