Because they were more acceptant of blacks.... unlike th South whom inslaved them and worked them to death (racism)
A pull factor that brought African Americans to the north was freedom. The south was being run and build on the backs of slaves and many African Americans wanted to be free. Many took to escaping using the Underground Railroad to reach the north. However, some were found and brought back.
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How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
They hoped to escape discrimination and find beter educational and economic opportunites, that's why African Americans began to move to northern cities in the 1890s.
in 1630 and 1640 about 10000 more settlers crossed the altlantic ocean in what is known as the GREAT MIGRATION.A movement of African Americans into citiesA change in the ethnic makeup of citiesA movement of African Americans to the Northi thought it was immigrants who came not settelersJcrawford98: The Great Migration was a movement of tens of thousands of English settlers to New England during the 1630s.During World War II and in the years after the war, many African Americans migrated from the South to industrial cities in the North.
cities in the north
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A pull factor that brought African Americans to the north was freedom. The south was being run and build on the backs of slaves and many African Americans wanted to be free. Many took to escaping using the Underground Railroad to reach the north. However, some were found and brought back.
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To get better jobs and to get away from segregation.
The African-Americans tried to escape from the South because the South had slave states. They tried to get to the North because those were free states.
beacusethey didnt like the laws there
they both wanted quick reconstruction.
they both wanted quick reconstruction.
they both wanted quick reconstruction.
How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
The movement northward of African Americans between 1915 and 1930 was called the Great Migration. The need for labor, the education opportunities, and safety called to the southern blacks to move up north.