According to the material in this module, in addition to racial bias, African Americans moving North found themselves in conflict with white urban workers for which of the following reasons?
a) They potentially filled jobs vacant due to labor strikes and boycotts.
b) They refused to hire white laborers to work in black-owned shops.
c) They brought technical skills from the advanced industrial economy of the South.
d) They created tight political networks that quickly dominated several Northern cities.
Answer: a
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