UNIT 3: the great migration Flashcards
In which city is Harlem located?
New York City
The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move away, are called
Push factors
Which best describes how the great migration affected northern cities?
Northern cities grew more diverse as African-Americans shared their culture
read the excerpt from the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes.
What happens to a dream deferred?
does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African-Americans is
Tense and unequal
Two push factors that caused African-Americans to leave the south in the early 1900s were
Segregation and low wages
The Chicago defender called for an anti lynching and segregation. How did this influence the great migration?
these were pull factors
The jazz age occurred during which decade?
1920s
Who was called the Shakespeare of Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
The cotton club was famous for which of the following?
Music
A result of jazz’s development during the 1920s and 1930s was that many people
embraced jazz music
