Question #1: What does economic migration mean? Answer: An economic migration is when some one migrates because of the economy, to get money, or a better job.
Question #2: How did people migrate? Answer: The most common way to migrate was the oregon trail. On the Oregon trail people used covered wagons pulled by oxen, but some people traveled by horse.
Question #3 : What was the risk? Answer: 1/20 people died so there was a big risk. Most people knew the risk and took it. Most people who died, died of a disease called cholera,wich is still a deadly disease. Another risk is when you get to the place you want to go, it may not be what you expected.
OREGON TRAIL ADVENTURES SONG
Oregon trail was the best land route to the west Sometimes looking for a big gold chest 1803 through 1848 The Oregon trail was GREAT!!! Some to California Some to Utah Colorado and Montana too Just for the Gold Rush they dug through dirt and mush They had to go through a lot of marsh Oregon trail was sometimes HARSH!!! Oregon trail Oregon trail Oregon trail Oregon trail
Timeline Of The Great African Migration
1914 -1918: Factories needed workers to build things for world war I.
In 1915, a weevil infestation destroys millions of cotton.
1919 - 1920: The African American population of the north.
1920's NAACP fights for the rights of African American workers. W.E.B DuBois becomes the spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans.
1919 : A riot in Chicago resulted in 23 deaths and left 523 wounded.
Great African Migration Fast Facts
Fact one:
Over 500,000 African Americans left Southern states to work in the more industrial Northern cities such as New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Fact two:
Even they had migrated north, African Americans were still treated unfairly.
Fact three:
African Americans formed groups to help new migrants who just came north.
Fact four: in 1915, a boll weevil infestation destroyed thousands of acres of cotton plants, encouraging black workers to migrate north.
Fact five: Once in northern states, blacks were forced to live in slums and were subject to race hatred by their white neighbors.
Watch This Video About The Great African Migration Painting Series in Washington, DC