Why were blacks moving north and what effect did that have on their lives? (In the 1920's)?
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Blacks initially escaped to the North in slavery days, because as soon as they crossed over into the Ohio border, they were free, or could no longer be captured and returned to slavery.  It was with that same ideal that the blacks moved to the north 40-50 years later.  There was definitely more freedom and more opportunities since freed, or runaway slaves were already present there, and making a living.  The attitude of the northern states were also more accomodating to blacks.  In the south, there still lingered huge resident with the emanicipation, and with the civil war.  and there was a greater presence of racism.  ppl were more motivated to keeping the races seperate in the south; in the north, the motivation was toward progression, enterprise, and creating a more stable country.\n\nthe kkk are an organization that started to protect pride amongst a group of whites who believed their values were no longer being recognized, and that their supposed superiority was being made inferior, especially due to the rise of equality for blacks.  it's not an organization that can be easily understood without knowing that it's bordered in hate and inferiority.
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I’ve always thought they were trying to go back to their roots and were using names you would find typically in Africa.  Also many blacks have the last name of their ancestors slave owners, so they may be trying to offset their white name with an African name.
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most black people of the 20th century were born and raised in the United States and if u haven't seen the news lately, a lot of stuff has been going on in Africa... (diseases, killings, and poverty) just to name a few... \n\nAfrica is the place where we orginal came from...but if u are born and raised in a country... u tend to consider the country u live in as your home and not the place you came from in the past generations...You rememeber the past and where you come from, but ur eyes are looking toward the future...\n\nAmerica seems to have a lot more freedom, especially when u look at the news and see wat is going on in Africa right now...
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Maybe from the country Niger, in Africa, where slaves used to be transported from.
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No, I own my own business and am obviously older than you.\n\nFirst, study your history.\nBlack slaves were more physically capable than whites or Indians and quickly replaced both in agriculture which demanded hard, manual labor under bad conditions. No other group as a race was as strong and productive. Without them, the South would not have benefitted from a strong cotton and sugar industry. The North that bought these products and processed them would not have been as productive either. It was only when the south threatened to go directly to Europe where prices were cheaper than the more expensive North that the slavery issue became a galvenizing force for the North to attack the more rural and agricultural south. There were still slaves in the North during this conflict so it was not just riteous indignation that spawned the liberation of the blacks.\n\nAfter the war, many blacks continued to work on the farms where they had worked their whole lives. Life was much more difficult then and it has only been in the last 100 years or so that most of our population lives in cities.\n\nAfter the war, it took all of us time to heal. Blacks, Southerners, Northerners, etc. Blacks still helped rebuild the South after the war.\n\nNow, we have a huge population that lives in cities. As a whole, I cannot definitively say that blacks are equal to the other races in productivity. Many of their decendents were brought here for their physical attributes and they have been surpressed after the war as well.\n\nI think that we are now at a cross roads. Blacks, as a race, probably have more rights than whites but have not been allowed to complete a transition that can take decades.\n\nI think most people would appreciate it if you would learn more about history and not feel so cormfortable sitting at your computer and spreading racism. You are being more lazy and hateful than those you attack.\n\nUndoubtedly, your stupid comments have hurt and alienated a good many people of all nationalities. So start using Yahoo for something productive because right now, I think America's economy would be much better off without people like you, no matter what race you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I will apologise to any black person who wants to move back to Africa. \n\nSince I am Native American, you can leave MY country any time you want to- AFTER YOU'VE SPENT YOUR MONEY AT ONE OF MY CASINOS! : P
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There were less workers in the south... also this led to controversies in the north. People thought african americans were stealing jobs from whites in the north
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that's a good question, I believe it to be black people... it all start out in Africa then they start move northeast to asain, then went both to america and europe.
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It dates back to slavery times.  Life was so hard and the only escape was to die and go to heaven.  After emancipation, life remained difficult for the poor, ex-slaves.  Many were sharecroppers and lived in poverty.  And when the economy turned down, such as the Great Depression, it is usually the blacks who suffered the most.  Heaven remained the only real hope for many of them.  It was a coping strategy which held many families together, and helped them deal with the gross injustices they experienced.
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The US isn't maintaining its past lifestyle now.  There are more homeless than ever, with the rising cost of housing fewer people are able to own their own homes, more young adults are having to move back in with their parents because they can't afford their own homes or apartments. People are working more than ever but are still falling farther & farther behind.  Spiraling costs in healthcare are putting it more and more out of reach. Between less money being available for primary and secondary education, school closings, and larger class sizes, a decent education is getting further out of reach. Manufacturing and production jobs have been exported to other countries where the labor costs are cheaper, so there are fewer jobs in these areas for all of those people who can only get that limited american public education. The only sure place where there is anticipated growth is the prison industry.  It ain't just for black folks any more. \n\nThe american standard of living is quickly going straight to hell NOW. It's not going to take 100 years.  And all you teens & 20 somethings...you should care, this is the world you're inheriting, and you have a long time to be stuck with it.
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The civil War and the wars of the twentieth century are definetly turning points in the growth of civil rights. For example the end of the civil war along with the 13TH amendment bring cahanges in America. During reconstruction blacks are protected by the Freedmens Bureau which helps them out toget their voting rights. During reconstruction thanks to this bureau and both carpetbaggers and scalawags the 14th and 15th amendments are passed which define citizenship and male suffrage.With the hayes-tilden election comes the crime of 77 which allows the KKK to take power in the south but not for long because president Grant enforces  a force bill which ends the klan, but not forever. Then in ww2 there were many riots because blacks weren't allowed to be mixed with whites. This created the civil rights movement with all kinds of awr taking place like the korean and vietnam. Sit ins and freedom riders would help the movement.
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The main one I can think of is industrialization. Following the Civil War, we witnessed the birth of corporate America and the making of Getty and Rockefeller. Fortunes were made in Oil and Steel.
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In the South they own tobacco plantations. In the north They were bootleggers .
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I wont give you a Paragraph but I will get you started,\n\nIn the 1850's and early 1860's abolitionists who had the dream of ending slavery angered many southerners who wanted to keep their lasting traditions.  Many historians believe that the abolistionist movement in the north, along with the book "Uncle Toms Cabin" were major contributing factors to the Civil war.\n\n\nGood Luck!
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When African Americans came
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1. Taxes and embargos placed on the South by the North so they couldn't trade with Europe.\n2. A clash of cultures and a desire by the South to be on their own.\n3. The issue of slavery.\n\n1. Gold\n2. Poverty, (no money or property)\n3. A chance to start over and build a new life and family.
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Lower crime in America.  Lower unemployment in America.  We would probably be about 20 years behind in technology as the slaves freed allowed us to create assymbly lines from watching the work they did in the field.  The assymbly line, helped forward production and led to many more new technologies.\n\nDefinately a lower hostility between Blacks and Whites, some people can't leave the past in the past.