The term "Great Migration" refers to the
a. thousands of Mexicans who entered the United States across the Rio Grande River.
b. mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North.
c. recruitment of Jewish workers by agents of American industrialists.
d. westward expansion of ethnic workers from eastern and southern Europe.
ANS: b
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What was most significant for the resilience of Chinese culture about the conquest of the Yangtze River Valley during the period of the Shang dynasty?
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What will be an ideal response?
The growth of the professional classes and middle-class employment was called
a. skilled labor. b. nepotism. c. white collar. d. blue collar. e. proletariat.