What was the Great Migration?

Question

A

a time when many black people left the segregated South and moved to the North

B

a time when many black people left northern US cities for European cities

C

a time when many white people left cities for the suburbs

D

a time when many Europeans immigrated to the US

Answer 1

A. a time when many black people left the segregated South and moved to the North.

The Great Migration primarily refers to the period from the 1910s to the 1970s when a significant number of African Americans migrated from the rural Southern United States to urban areas in the North and West in search of better economic opportunities and to escape racial segregation and violence.