Question

During the 1930s, many African Americans migrated from the rural South to big cities in the North in search of work, a movement that came to be known as _________.

Answer 1

It was 'The Great Migration.'

"The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970."

Answer 2

During the 1930s, many African-Americans migrated from the rural South to big cities in the North in search of work, this movement is called The Great Migration. During the initial wave the majority of migrants moved to major northern cities such as Chicago, Illiniois, Detroit, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New York, New York.