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The Great Migration Answers

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The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move away are called

A
opportunities.
B
pull factors.
C
migrations.
D
push factors.
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In which city is Harlem located?

A
Detroit
B
Chicago
C
New York City
D
Philadelphia
3

The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?

A
food
B
music
C
art
D
poetry
4

A result of jazz’s development during the 1920s and 1930s was that many people

A
began performing spirituals.
B
claimed credit for jazz.
C
rejected the ragtime sound.
D
embraced jazz music.
5

The Chicago Defender called for an end to lynching and segregation. How did this influence the Great Migration?

A
these were push factors
B
these were pull factors
C
these were political factors
D
these were economic factors
6

Read the excerpt from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?* * *Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?According to the poem, the speaker feels that the relationship between whites and African Americans is

A
happy and equal.
B
tense and unequal.
C
strong but calm.
D
unhappy but peaceful.
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Two push factors that caused African Americans to leave the South in the early 1900s were

A
segregation and low wages.
B
integration and Jim Crow laws.
C
job opportunities and music.
D
the Harlem Renaissance and literature.
8

The Jazz Age occurred during which decade?

A
1910s
B
1920s
C
1930s
D
1940s
9

Which is the best example of an effect of the Harlem Renaissance on music?

A
It brought ragtime to a wider American audience.
B
It brought spirituals to many African American churches.
C
It brought jazz to a wider American audience.
D
It brought the blues to many African American churches.
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Zora Neale Hurston collected and wrote about African American

A
jazz.
B
folk tales.
C
poetry.
D
spirituals.

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