Great Migration Map showing rural to urban migration
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WW1 Great Migration for kids: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about the
WWI Great Migration.
What was the Great Migration? The WW1 Great Migration
was the movement of African Americans from
the farmlands in the south to the towns and
cities in the north.
What date was the WW1 Great Migration? The date of the
WW1 Great Migration was from 1915 - 1920.
How many people moved during the ww1 Great Migration?
It is estimated that between 300,000 and
500,000 migrated during the WW1 Great Migration.
Great Migration Map :
The Great Migration map shows the flow of
movement along the rural to urban corridors.
WW1 Great
Migration Facts for kids:
Causes of the Great Migration
The causes of
the Great Migration are detailed below:
Causes of the Great Migration for kids
Great Migration Causes:
The number of white workers drafted
in World War One, and the halt of immigration from
Europe, led to a need for additional labor in factories
and industries in the north.
Great Migration Causes:
The increase in war production led to
the increased demand for labor in the North, but the
draft had removed many workers from the labor force.
Great Migration Causes:
Northern companies and corporations
sent labor agents (recruiters) to the South to persuade
African Americans to take advantage of new job
opportunities, better education and the modern
facilities in the Northern cities.
Great Migration Causes:
World War One cut immigration from
Europe to America in 1914 from 1.2 million to just
300,000. The downward trend in immigration, and fresh
labor, continued throughout the war.
Great Migration Causes:
In 1915 and 1916 floods and boll-weevil
infestations ruined the cotton crop in Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi and Louisiana causing great hardship to
black farmers.
Great Migration Causes:
Racial segregation, the Jim Crow
system, threats of lynchings, fear of mobs, white
supremacy and the climate of violence persuaded Southern
families to move to the freedom and greater prosperity
in the North
Great Migration Causes:
Easier mobility and transportation. People
traveled North by train that provided easy access to New
York, Chicago and other Northern cities.
WW1 Great
Migration Facts for kids
The following fact
sheet contains interesting facts and information on Great Migration
for kids.
Facts
about the Great Migration WW1 for kids
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 1: Prior to the Great Migration of WWI
and the move to the north, another great migration of
30,000 African Americans had taken place in 1879 to
Kansas in the west. These migrants were called the
Exodusters and were led by Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.
The reason for the 'exodus' was to claim and settle
lands as provided by the Homestead Act and escape racial
segregation and intimidation in the South.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
2: In the years leading up to World War
One the African American population were entirely rural.
(In the years since 1920 this changed to more than 90%
urban city dwellers).
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 3: Why did African Americans move from the rural
life in the countryside to the urban life in the cities? To seek new
job opportunities in the North and leave racism and segregation in
the South.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 4:
The
American
Industrial Revolution,
and the second period of Industrialization, occured in the
latter half of the 19th century when steam power was replaced by
electric power and iron was replaced by steel.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 5:
Industrialization
transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial
society with the emergence of mass production techniques in
huge factories that required vast numbers of cheap, unskilled labor.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 6: The number of Black Americans
employed in the farming industry dropped form 90% to
just 50% in less than 50 years.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
7: 400,000 African Americans were
drafted during the war, and 42,000 African Americans
served overseas as combat troops including the famous
Harlem
Hellfighters.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 8: During WW1 the newly-formed
NAACP led the fight
against discrimination and segregation and to prevent
mistreatment of African Americans in the military.
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Fact 9: African Americans in the South were
urged to move to the cities of the North by the black
northern press.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 10: Robert Sengstacke Abbott (24 November
1870 – February 29, 1940), the editor of a major black
newspaper the 'Chicago Defender', encouraged African
Americans to leave the South and migrate north by
providing information about job opportunities during
World War I.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 11: Between 300,000 and 500,000 African
Americans left the South during World War I to settle in
Northern cities which became known as the "Great
Migration". Between 750,000 and one million left the
South in the 1920s.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 12: Labor shortages during World War I provided
African Americans with jobs in the shipbuilding, steel and
automotive industries as well as in ammunition and meat packing
factories.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
13:
African American migrants settled in cities such as
Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Springfield, St. Louis, Detroit and Chicago
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
14: The massive influx of people in the
cities led to the squalid conditions and problems of
Urbanization in America. The majority of the
movement to the cities happened during the early 1900s
(America was majority urban by 1921)
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
15:
African Americans and
foreign immigrants formed ethnic enclaves in America's cities where
members of minority groups lived - referred to as ghettos.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 16: Prominent African Americans such as
Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph and Emmett J. Scott all worked to help
people who joined the Great Migration to the north.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
17: Impact: The massive demographic shift
of the Great Migration dramatically altered
African-American history socially, politically and
culturally.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact 18: Impact: An increase in black political power for
men such as Oscar De Priest and new business opportunities.
WW1 Great Migration
Fact
19: Impact: During the 1920s a period of
black artistic expression in music and literature
emerged led by Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora
Neale Hurston, and
W. E.
B. DuBois. The movement became known as the
Harlem
Renaissance and ushered in the
Jazz Age.
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For visitors interested in the history of African
Americans refer to the following articles:
Black
History for kids: Important People and Events
For visitors interested in African American History
refer to
Black History - People and Events.
A useful resource for
teachers, kids, schools and colleges undertaking
projects for the Black History Month.
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