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Compulsory Education Law
It contrubuted to the movement to the north because of the need for education, and since it required all children to get an education it was largely desired. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln freeing all slaves in confederate states and territotries within the US. -
The Chinese Exclusion
This act limited the amount of chineese immigrants into the country because itmade it so they had so get permission to work and live in the US by the Chinese government. -
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Great Migration
A mass movement of about 5 million blacks to the north and the west, this happened because of the desire to escaped from the opressive nature of the south. -
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Great Depression
This limited if not stoped most of the migration to the north because of how poor the situations got. -
WWII
WWII created a demand for workers everywhere especailly in the north because of all the men going to war, this contibuted to the movement north,