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Migration by African Americans from 1870 to 1930

Migration by African Americans from 1870 to 1930. Pgs. 227-229. Moving West after the War. At the same time immigrants were moving to the United States, former slaves began looking for new places to live and work. In the 1870s about 40,000 former slaves from the South moved west to Kansas.

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Migration by African Americans from 1870 to 1930

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  1. Migration by African Americans from 1870 to 1930 Pgs. 227-229

  2. Moving West after the War • At the same time immigrants were moving to the United States, former slaves began looking for new places to live and work. • In the 1870s about 40,000 former slaves from the South moved west to Kansas. • Many started small farms or found jobs that were not available in the South.

  3. What is Migration? • Migration vs. Immigration • Migration – A voluntary or forced movement of people from one place to another within one’s own country • Immigration – The movement from one’s home country to another country

  4. Moving to the City • Around 1900 many Blacks decided to move to the city. • Most settled in industrial cities such as New York, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. • Between 1915 to 1930 over 500,000 Blacks left the South. • Whole communities almost disappeared!

  5. Why Did They Leave? • Northern newspapers owned by African Americans encouraged Blacks to “Get Out of the South.” • Farming and Sharecropping • Flooding • Boll Weevils • Little opportunity for education • Factory workers were needed as workers left to fight in WWI.

  6. Factory Work • To get new workers, factory owners offered jobs to Blacks from the South. • Factory owners helped people move North by lending money for railroad tickets. • Workers paid back factory owners from the wages they earned.

  7. A Better Life? ? ? • Although most Blacks enjoyed better lives in the North, living conditions were still poor. • Families were forced to live in crowed neighborhoods. • Many faced the same prejudice they had in the South.

  8. Sum It Up • Before 1900 nearly 90% of African Americans lived in the South. • Today nearly half of all African Americans live in the North and the West. • Most of these have parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents who were part of the Great Migration.

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