PT148.S2.P2.Q8

PrepTest 148 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 8

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This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.

P1

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Phenomenon · The Great Migration
Between 1915 and 1960, 40% of African Americans migrated north.

3 Historical Causes · WWI increased labor demand in North while cuting off European immigration; infestation ruined crops in South reducing labor demand there
This is what kicked off the Great Migration.
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Question · But why did it continue?
And accelerate when the initial causes started to disappear?
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Hypothesis · Migration develops its own momentum
Migration encourages future migration by making it easier to migrate.
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Rule Premise · Economists' cost-benefit rule for migration
People migrate if earnings are high enough to offset the costs of moving.
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Premise · Cost of migration: uncertainty; travel; settling in
Three costs of migration: 1. uncertainty about housing and labor-market conditions; 2. cost of time and money of moving; 3. settling in
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This is stated in P2. Before 1915, the North-South income gap was not large enough to justify large-scale migration.

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Unsupported. The passage does not cite cost of living as a reason that the Great Migration did not start before 1915.

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Unsupported. The passage does not mention specialized training, so this is not a reason that the passage states that the Great Migration did not start earlier than 1915.

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Unsupported. The authors claim that once started, migration continued due to the development of momentum, but the Great Migration initially began due to the income gap between the North and the South.

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Unsupported. The passage doesn’t indicate how well-paid Southern agricultural jobs were before the boll weevil infestation, so this is not a reason that the passage states that the Great Migration did not start earlier than 1915.

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