Week 12 Quiz - URBS 310
The movement of blacks out of the South and into Northern cities is referred to as:
- Jim Crow
- The Great Migration
- The Northern Flight
- None of the above
Which of the following is a difference between white ethnic immigration to the U.S and black migration to urban areas that we studied in class this week?
- White ethnics were less well-received by established city residents because they arrived after blacks from the south.
- White ethnics suffered more discrimination.
- Blacks migrated to Northern cities in large numbers during the 20th century while major waves of immigration of white ethnics began in the nineteenth century.
Today most black migration movement is __________.
- out of the rural areas of the South to the North
- out of the urban areas of the North to the South
- toward the industrial North
- from one northern urban area to another northern urban area
The Great Migration of African Americans took place from World War II to the 1970s
- True
- False
Which of the following factor(s) contributed to the black migration?
- Jim Crow racism
- opportunities for employment in manufacturing industries in Northern cities
- the mechanization of southern agriculture
- all of the above
The migration of blacks from Southern cities to Northern cities continues to this day.
- True
- False
Which of the following videos did we watch in class about the Great Migration?
- Going to Chicago
- The Great Migration
- The Urbanization of African-Americans
- None of the above
In the video that we watched in class about the Great Migration, the black migrants documented in the film were mostly from which of the following States:
- Georgia
- Texas
- Mississippi
- New York
According to Professor Thomas, many blacks today are segregated in inner-cities communities because it is their individual choice
- True
- False
Which of the following concepts helps to explain the process of migration during the Great Migration?
- Jim Crow
- Chain migration
- racial segregation
- all of the above
The Jim Crow laws represented a system illegal segregation in the Southern States for much of the 20th century.
- True
- False
According to lectures this week, the economic system of sharecropping, while tough, was a big improvement for African-Americans when compared to slavery.
- True
- False
In Northern urban areas, such as Chicago, blacks finally were able to escape racist actions against them by whites
- True
- False
The Great Migration began to wane during the 1960s and was virtually over by the mid-1970s.
- True
- False
According to Figure 1 on page 211 of the Tolnay reading, about how many blacks were living in Northern cities (i.e., the “Total in non-South) in 1950:
- About 2 million
- About 4 million
- About 12 million
URBS 310 – Growth and Sustainable Development of Cities
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