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This 5 page paper discusses the Great Migration of the 1910s-1920s and argues that overall, it had a positive impact on cities, especially New York. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Migration and Its Effect on the Cities Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 8/2010 Please Introduction The term "migration" refers to the movement of a large
number of people over a large area in a relatively short amount of time. There have been a number of migrations in history, but one of the most notable, and
which had a tremendous impact, is what is called the "Great Migration." It took place in about 1910-1920 in the United States and refers to the movement of blacks out
of the South to the cities in the North. This paper discusses it and argues that it had an overall positive effect, particularly in New York, where it ignited the
period of cultural and artistic creativity known as the Harlem Renaissance. Discussion The Great Migration in the U.S. was triggered by "economic opportunity brought on by war prosperity"; blacks who
had fought in World War I and been accepted and cheered by Europeans hoped that they would find the same welcome when they returned to the States (Faragher et al
2000, p. 664). They were mistaken; they found prejudice and hatred as virulent as ever, but they also found huge labor shortages in the Northern factories, which gave them an
opportunity to improve their economic situation that they had never had before (Faragher et al 2000). In the South, blacks still fought violence and prejudice and were restricted to low-paying
jobs as "field hands and domestic servants," but in the North they had a chance to find "relatively high-paying work in meatpacking plants, shipyards and steel mills" (Faragher et al
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