I believe the answer is: world War I
Following the world war I, the southern states experienced economic crisis which lead to massive unemployment in southern states. Because of this, around 6 million people decided to migrate to northern states in order to obtain low paying jobs on those states.
World-War 1 was the main cause of the Great Migration.
Further Explanation:-
The great migration was a movement under which millions of African Americans moved out of rural areas of Southern parts of United States and went to the parts of Urban Northeast as well as Midwest areas of the country. This movement took place during the period of 1916 and 1970. This movement took place because of the poor economic conditions as well as racial discrimination that was present in the Southern states. Some of the main reasons which caused this movement was Segregation, Increase in racist ideology as well as lack of economic opportunities in South. The people from black community were treated harshly and they were treated like slaves. This made people from all black communities to join hands together and start this movement. There were also many other factors which made southerners move towards north such as that there were shortage of labor in factories in North which was because of World War 1 and because of that laborers from south were offered special incentives in order to relocate in north for work.
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Answer Details:
Grade – High School
Subject – History
Chapter –The Great Migration
Keywords –The Great Migration, United States, Northerners, Southerners, Migration, Racial discrimination, Movement, Segregation, Black Community, Slaves.
