California Standards Enrichment Workbook Answers
The Migration of African Americans: 8.11.2, page
172
1. Choice D is correct. The Homestead Act pulled
people west with the promise of free land.
2. Choice B is correct. The Ku Klux Klan was a push
factor, making African Americans leave in order to
avoid racial violence.
3. Choice A is correct. The Exodusters moved west
in response to the Homestead Act, which gave them
their own land.
4. Choice B is correct. African Americans sought
jobs in rapidly growing cities in the Midwest and
Northeast.
5. Choice C is correct. Although the North was not
as segregated as the South, African Americans still
faced discrimination in jobs and housing.
6. Choice B is correct. Many African Americans
were forced into a kind of involuntary servitude to
work off debts.