1. A Great Migration

2. Reasons People Left
Most people who left South Carolina were from rural or farming areas
Unemployment People had a hard time finding jobs so they moved to larger cities to find jobs
Poor sanitation
in rural areas there was often no way to get rid of human waste
Many people became sick because of this

3. Reasons continued No electricity No transportation
Most rural towns had no electricity
Mill towns were often located near cities with electricity and attracted workers
No transportation

4. Many sharecroppers left rural areas of South Carolina to go to the cities to get jobs in the factories hoping to get out of poverty.
Poverty and Textile mills
Sharecropping the offer of
Pushed people out work pulled
Of rural areas people to
cities

5. African Americans
Many African Americans migrated from South Carolina to the North
Many left because of
segregation and the separation of races
Discrimination and not being treated fairly
Sharecropping and the poverty that they lived in

6. Map of Migration