History of the United States II / Unit 4 USH2 0460 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Great Migration Begins
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The idea
From the close of the Civil War to the Great Depression, nearly two million African Americans left the rural South in search of new opportunities.
In practice
Chicago, New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cleveland and Indianapolis.
Where people slip
Those eight cities took more than two-thirds of the migrants. Most went to the Northeast and the Upper Midwest.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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