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Source analysis: the Great Migration

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The Great Migration was a period between the 1910s and the 1970s when about six million African American people migrated from mostly rural areas in the South to mostly urban areas in the North and West.

Scholars learn about the Great Migration by analyzing sources created by people at the time. These sources include letters and essays written by migrants. They also include interviews with people who were part of the Great Migration. Scholars also study the historical

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or circumstances, that contributed to the Great Migration. Look at the timeline showing some of this context. Then answer the question below.

Which of the following statements describe the United States prior to the Great Migration? Select

three.

After Reconstruction, the federal government protected African American voting rights nationwide.

Many state governments passed segregation laws, and the U.S. court system upheld them.

Although some African American people left the South, most remained in the region.

African American people sometimes faced violence from white mobs during Jim Crow.

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