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The Great Migration

Question 2 • [HSSUS] US History, Sem 1 (26-27)

Two push factors that caused African Americans to leave the South in the early 1900s were

Answer
A
segregation and low wages.
B
integration and Jim Crow laws.
C
job opportunities and music.
D
the Harlem Renaissance and literature.

Explanation

Push factors are conditions that make people want to leave a place. In the early 1900s, African Americans faced segregation and discrimination in the South, along with low wages and limited economic opportunities. These conditions pushed many to seek better lives elsewhere, so “segregation and low wages” is correct.

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