World War I Causes and US Entry · US History

What was the 'Great Migration' during the World War I era?

  1. The movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern industrial cities
  2. The large-scale movement of U.S. troops from training camps to the front lines in Europe
  3. The return of many European immigrants to their home countries to fight in the war
  4. The flight of large numbers of refugees from Belgium into the United Kingdom
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Correct answer: The movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern industrial cities

The war created a labor shortage in Northern factories while Southern agriculture faced hardships. Hundreds of thousands of Black Americans moved North for better jobs and to escape Jim Crow laws.

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