5. Following the end of Reconstruction, African-American people living in the South became increasingly disillusioned as they fa
ced new Jim Crow laws, poor economic opportunities, and outright violence. Increasingly, African Americans moved to the North and West.
In the 1920s alone, over 750,000 African Americans moved out of the South.
How did their migration change the politics of the United States?
A. African Americans no longer faced racism.
B. African Americans voted in increasing numbers.
C. African Americans dominated the Democratic Party.
D. African Americans were not discriminated against politically.
The new nation faced economic and foreign problems. A huge debt remained from the revolutionary war and paper money issued during the conflict was virtually worthless.
Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to grow the "three sisters": corn, beans, and squash. Although the Pilgrims had never eaten these foods before, it was what grew well in the rocky soil of their new homeland.
