‘World War 1’was the cause of the great migration. Due to war, Industries in the northern state fell short of workers and wanted them in order to run their business and boost the American economy. That was the reason the great migration took place.
Further explanation:
When United States decided to enter World War-1, Factories which were located in Midwestern and Northern cities of United States were left with shortages of labor and there were two reasons behind this shortage. The first was that around 5 million men were listed in army which came from these places and secondly due to world-war 1, United States stopped immigration process from European countries.
Due to these very reasons, the northern states of United States had to look towards Southern part of the country in order to provide employment to people to work in their factories or industries as they were facing labor shortage. On the southern part of the country, African Americans were facing shortage of work due to shortage of work in agricultural sector. So, in all both of the parties were in need of each other as Northerners wanted employees and Southerners wanted work and this was the reason that caused ‘The Great Migration’. The southern people were enticed with many incentives such as Free accommodation, Free travel, Education for children and Higher pay from northerners and African Americans were ready to work in north and they agreed to the offers made by northerners and as much as half million southerners moved to north when the Great Migration took place.
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Answer Details:
Grade: High School
Subject: History
Chapter: The Great Migration
Keywords:
The Great Migration, United States, European Countries, Southerners, Northerners, African Americans, Free Accommodation, Higher Pay, Free Travel, Incentives.
