Module 3: The Great Migration Script

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  1. amendment
    a statement that is added to a proposal or document
    In 1865, the 13th Amendment freed millions of Southern blacks from slavery.
  2. segregation
    a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
    They had little power to break the cycle of poverty. They also suffered from racial segregation.
  3. industrial
    of or relating to commercial enterprise
    Then an industrial and economic boom up North opened a path to opportunity.
  4. economic
    of or relating to production and management of wealth
    Then an industrial and economic boom up North opened a path to opportunity.
  5. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
    From 1915 to 1930, an estimated 1.5 million Southern blacks poured into Northern cities. Historians call that movement the Great Migration.
  6. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
    Back then, people called it the exodus.
  7. plantation
    an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale
    Narrator A: Hetty Robinson was born a slave on a plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  8. dignity
    the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
    Hilda: I want my son to grow up with that kind of opportunity—and dignity.
  9. fret
    be agitated or irritated
    Milt: But this car is noisy and crowded!
    Conductor: Sorry, but the rest of the train is whites-only.
    Hetty: Don’t fret, Milt. We’ll soon be in Chicago.
  10. illiterate
    not able to read or write
    I was an illiterate servant in Vicksburg, and I’m the same here.
Created on Tue Oct 06 14:06:23 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 06 17:16:09 EDT 2020)

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