The Great Migration in the U.S. refers to what?
A) When America began to settle the West.
B) When blacks moved out of the South after the Civil War.
C) When Native Americans were moved off their native lands to reservations.
D) When Ellis Island was opened in the harbor of New York City.
E) When Angel Island was opened in the San Francisco Bay.

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The Great Migration in the U.S. specifically refers to the mass movement of black Americans out of the Southern states to the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970, in search of better economic and social opportunities and to escape racial discrimination and violence.