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Name____________________________________________________________Date_____________________
Source – Letters written to the
Chicago Defender
Identify the city the letter is written
Example
Reason(s) for migrating North
Push or Pull factor
# of miles to travel
Identify reasons from the letter
Push -positive
Pull -negative
Troy, Alabama, October 17, 1916
Lynchings, people are starving, and he
wants to work as a laborer.
Push
Use the Travel
Distance Table /Map
to determine
distance.
Cincinnati 660 miles
Letter 1
Letter 2
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5. Look at the data for the city of Chicago. a. How many African Americans arrived in 1920? _________
b. How many African Americans arrived in 1940? _________
c. Looking at the number of African Americans who arrived in 1970, which city has the largest number of residents from
Tennessee? ___________________________________________________________
6. Look at the data for the city of New York. a. How many African Americans arrived in 1920? _________
b. How many African Americans arrived in Chicago in 1940? _________
c. Which city has the largest number of residents? _____________________________________________________
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