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The table below displays demographic data from the 1920 United States Census regarding the birthplaces of Black residents living in Chicago, Illinois:

Birthplace (State)Number of Black Residents in Chicago (1920)Percentage of Total Black Population
Illinois (Native born)16,50015.1%
Mississippi19,50017.8%
Tennessee15,20013.9%
Georgia9,8009.0%
Alabama8,9008.1%
Other States39,50036.1%
Total109,400100.0%

Based on the table and your knowledge of the Great Migration, which of the following statements best analyzes how the demographic patterns shown relate to the push and pull factors of the movement?

  1. A
    The high proportion of Chicago's Black residents born in Mississippi suggests that environmental crises like the boll weevil infestation served as a primary pull factor attracting agricultural workers to the Midwest.
  2. The high proportion of Chicago's Black residents born in Mississippi and Tennessee demonstrates how direct transportation lines like the Illinois Central Railroad facilitated migration to access Northern pull factors, such as industrial jobs.Cevap
  3. C
    The concentration of migrants from Deep South states demonstrates that the promotional campaigns of Northern Black newspapers like The Chicago Defender functioned as a Southern push factor.
  4. D
    The demographic data indicates that Southern racial terror and the expansion of disenfranchisement functioned as a pull factor that drew migrants to Chicago's manufacturing sector.

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The statement explaining that direct transportation lines like the Illinois Central Railroad facilitated migration from Mississippi and Tennessee to access Northern pull factors, such as industrial jobs.
The correct option correctly identifies that the concentration of migrants from Mississippi and Tennessee was facilitated by major transportation networks like the Illinois Central Railroad, which connected these states directly to Chicago. It also correctly characterizes high-wage industrial jobs as a Northern pull factor attracting migrants to the region.

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1
Examine the birthplace data in the table.
Identify that Mississippi and Tennessee are the largest Southern state contributors to Chicago's Black population by 1920, representing 17.8% and 13.9% respectively.
To establish which geographical origins dominated the demographic shift to Chicago.
2
Connect the geographical origins to historical transportation infrastructure.
Recognize that the Illinois Central Railroad ran directly from the Mississippi Valley (connecting Mississippi and Tennessee) straight to Chicago, acting as the primary travel corridor.
To explain the physical mechanism that facilitated this specific demographic flow.
3
Differentiate between Southern push factors and Northern pull factors.
Determine that Northern industrial jobs are pull factors, while Southern agricultural disasters, disenfranchisement, and racial violence are push factors.
To evaluate which options correctly classify these historical forces without conceptual confusion.

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