Lesson 5- The Great Migration

Question 1

Segregation:Low wages: High wages: Barriers to voting:A variety of jobs:The chance to go to school/college:Poverty:

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push; pull

Question 2

Which of the following things did you include in your response? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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music, such as jazz and the blues; churches and religious customs; foods; spoken dialects; celebrations; newspapers and journals; neighborhoods

Question 3

How do you think Chicago, New York, and other Northern cities changed as a result of the arrival of so many African Americans?Write two or three examples of things that might change in these cities thanks to new migration.

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Jazz and blues music became more popular, new churches and religious customs took root, and African American neighborhoods grew.

Question 4

The 1920s is known as the Jazz Age. What does that tell you about jazz music?

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Jazz was an important element of American culture during the 1920s.

Question 5

Which of the following statements best reflects Mrs. Turner’s views?

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She embraces her “white” features and rejects her “blackness.”

Question 6

Hughes suggests that the point of singing the blues is

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to make the singer feel better by expressing sorrow in music.

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