Why was the great migration such an important part of the progressive era? a. it showed the shift from an agricultural based-economy into an industrial- based economy. b. it showed the shift of political tolerance of african americans. c. it showed that all african americans preferred to live in the south. d. it showed that the north and south had equal opportunities for african americans. e. it showed that african americans finally had equal rights with whites.

The answer would be A: It showed the shift from an agricultural based-economy into an industrial-based economy. The 1920 Census was the first to show a greater number of Americans living in urban rather than rural areas.Most African Americans in the South worked as farm laborers; their movement to northern cities such as Chicago and Detroit signaled their shift from that farm labor to industrial-based labor, but it also stoked racial divides leading to oftentimes violent conflicts with their white, northern counterparts.

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