Question

What change caused a large number of African Americans to move away from the South after Reconstruction?

O increasing industrialization in Northern cities
O the movement to desegregate public places
O the expansion of the U.S. overseas empire
O free land made available to former slaves

Answer 1

It’s the first one

The driving force behind the mass movement was to escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, and obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow. The Great Migration is often broken into two phases, coinciding with the participation and effects of the United States in both World Wars