Unit Test: A New Century
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What was the movement of thousands of African Americans who left the South in search of better opportunities in the North called?
The Great Migration
(wrong answers:
Northern Immigration,
Second Passage,
Pan-Africanism)
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What were the two main of push factors that caused the Great Migration?
racism and unemployment
(wrong answers:
isolationism and segregation,
Black Nationalism and integration,
equality and unemployment)
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What was the main pull factor that caused the Great Migration?
employment and economic opportunities
(wrong answers:
segregation,
Black Nationalism,
Pan-Africanism)
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Which city in the North experienced tremendous growth between 1910-1920 due to the Great Migration?
Detroit
(wrong answers:
Baltimore,
New Orleans,
New York)
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What is the form of music from the Mississippi Delta, specifically New Orleans, that conveyed deep emotions, especially of sadness or love?
Blues
(wrong answers:
Jazz,
Spirituals,
Rockabilly)
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What was invented by Henry Ford that modernized factories and moved the product from worker to worker, each one performing one step of the manufacturing process?
assembly line
(wrong answers:
cotton gin,
water wheel,
conveyor belt)
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What was the set of reforms President Roosevelt created to save the country from the ravages of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
(wrong answers:
Selective Service Act,
Social Security,
Civil Rights Act)