Which relocation would have been LEAST typical during the Great Migration?

Which relocation would have been LEAST typical during the Great Migration?

• A. Detroit to New Orleans
• B. New Orleans to Detroit
• C. Chicago to Milwaukee
• D. Milwaukee to Chicago

Answer: (A)

The movement pattern being tested is the direction of the Great Migration: African Americans moved primarily from the rural South to northern and midwestern industrial cities for work and better opportunities, rather than from northern cities back to the South or moving within the North. Moving from Detroit to New Orleans goes from a northern city to a southern city, which runs opposite the main migration flow. The Great Migration featured many South-to-North moves (like New Orleans to Detroit) and also substantial shifts between northern cities themselves (such as Chicago and Milwaukee), so this North-to-South relocation would be least typical.

The movement pattern being tested is the direction of the Great Migration: African Americans moved primarily from the rural South to northern and midwestern industrial cities for work and better opportunities, rather than from northern cities back to the South or moving within the North.

Moving from Detroit to New Orleans goes from a northern city to a southern city, which runs opposite the main migration flow. The Great Migration featured many South-to-North moves (like New Orleans to Detroit) and also substantial shifts between northern cities themselves (such as Chicago and Milwaukee), so this North-to-South relocation would be least typical.