Question

What were the conditions in the south and north during the great migration?

Answer 1

The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that first arose during the First World War. During the Great Migration, African Americans began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting racial prejudice as well as economic, political and social challenges to create a black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come.

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The conditions in the South and North during the Great Migration were the following.

In the South, most people were farmers and lived in rural areas. As Agriculture became more sophisticated with the use of technology, many farmers lost their jobs. On the other hand, the economic conditions of the North were better. Many industries and factories that offered low paid jobs to workers to operate the machines. That is why almost 6 million black people from the rural areas of the South decided to migrate to the North region of the United States during the Great Migration.