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The Great Migration: African Americans Move North
Examine the economic and social factors that drove millions of African Americans from the rural South to Northern industrial cities.
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Explain core economic principles including supply and demand, migration incentives, natural resource distribution, and global trade.
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SS.5.8West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCritique the economic reasons for immigration and migration throughout the United States during specific times in history and relate the information to the present (e.g., Great Migration, Ellis Island, etc.).
SS.5.21West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the economic, political and social developments during Reconstruction. • Explain the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the goals of Reconstruction. • Characterize the effects of Reconstruction on African Americans (e.g., rights and restrictions, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, rise of discriminatory laws and groups (Klu Klux Klan), motivations to relocate, and the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau, etc.).