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How do push and pull factors compare?
Push Factors: Reasons people leave (e.g., violence, poverty). Pull Factors: Reasons people are attracted (e.g., jobs, safety).
Define Great Migration.
Largest internal migration in US history; 6 million African Americans moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West.
What are push factors?
Reasons that made African Americans want to leave the South (racial violence, limited economic opportunities, environmental issues).
What are pull factors?
Reasons that attracted African Americans to the North, Midwest, and West (job opportunities, higher wages, hope for safety).
Define sharecropping.
An agricultural system where tenant farmers give a portion of their crops to the landowner as rent; kept Black families in debt.
What were Jim Crow laws?
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Define lynching.
Mob violence and racial terrorism used to intimidate and control African Americans.
What was the boll weevil?
An insect that destroyed cotton crops, a major source of income for Black farmers in the South.
What is the National Urban League?
Organization formed to help Black migrants adjust to urban life, providing support and resources.
What is the significance of the Chicago Defender?
A Black newspaper that spread news and encouraged migration to the North.
Define visual narrative.
A story told through visual means, such as paintings or photographs.
Who was Jacob Lawrence?
An artist known for his Migration Series, which visually depicts the experiences of African Americans during the Great Migration.