Question

u.s. history benchmark 1 item set 1 1: land in the west rpt from the homestead act, 1862 t enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of erica in congress assembled, that any person who is the head of a family, or who s arrived at the age of twenty - one years, and is a citizen of the united states, or ho shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws of the united states, and who has never borne arms against the united states government or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the first january, eighteen hundred and sixty - three, be entitled to enter one ▲ using source 2, which statement best describes the reason african americans migrated westward? ○ low paying manufacturing jobs in the northeast pushed african americans west. ○ frequent natural disasters throughout the south pushed african americans west ○ disenfranchisement and segregation in the south pushed african americans west. ○ overcrowded and unsanitary cities in the northeast pushed african americans west.

Explanation:

During the westward migration of African Americans, a primary push factor was the systemic oppression in the Southern U.S., including disenfranchisement (denial of voting rights) and violent, enforced segregation under Jim Crow laws. Natural disasters, Northeast urban issues, and low manufacturing jobs were not the dominant drivers of this specific westward movement.

Answer:

Disenfranchisement and segregation in the South pushed African Americans West.