What is the name of the mass movement where thousands of African Americans moved from the South to Northern cities in search of better opportunities?

• A. The Dust Bowl Migration
• B. The Great Migration
• C. The Trail of Tears Migration
• D. The Gold Rush Migration

Answer: (B)

The Great Migration refers to the large-scale relocation of African Americans from Southern states to Northern and Midwestern cities in the early to mid-20th century. People moved in search of better economic opportunities, escaping the oppression of Jim Crow laws, and taking advantage of booming industrial jobs in wartime industries during World War I and World War II. This movement reshaped the demographics and cultures of many cities and helped pave the way for later civil rights activism. Other options describe different events: the Dust Bowl migration involved white farmers leaving the Great Plains during the 1930s drought; the Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s; the Gold Rush migration was the 1849 rush to California in search of gold.