In the Years Between 1916 and 1918, an Estimated Half-Million

question 35

Multiple Choice

In the years between 1916 and 1918, an estimated half-million African Americans moved to the North to fill the labor shortage in industrial cities caused by WWI. Most migrating African Americans arrived in big Northern cities to find

• A) acceptance and equality.
• B) more poverty and segregation.
• C) integration and economic independence.
• D) jobs for which they were not trained.

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Definitions:

Independence

The state or condition of being free from dependency on others or external control.

Ethnic Minority Groups

Social groups that are differentiated from the dominant groups in a society based on cultural, national, religious, linguistic, or racial characteristics.

Majority Groups

Social or ethnic groups that hold a significant amount of power and influence within a society.

Triple Jeopardy

The compounded experience of discrimination based on multiple aspects of one's identity, such as race, gender, and age.