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In the two decades between 1910 and 1930, more than ten percent of the black population of the United States left the South, where the preponderance of the black population had been located, and migrated to northern states, with the largest number moving, it is claimed, between 1916 and 1918. It has been frequently assumed, but not proved, that the majority of the migrants in what has come to be called the Great Migration came from rural areas and were motivated by two concurrent factors: the collapse of the cotton industry following the boll weevil infestation, which began in 1898, and increased demand in the North for labor following the cessation of European immigration caused by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. This assumption has led to the conclusion that the migrants’ subsequent lack of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.But the question of who actually left the South has never been rigorously investigated. Although numerous investigations document an exodus from rural southern areas to southern cities prior to the Great Migration, no one has considered whether the same migrants then moved on to northern cities. In 1910 more than 600,000 black workers, or ten percent of the black workforce, reported themselves to be engaged in "manufacturing and mechanical pursuits," the federal census category roughly encompassing the entire industrial sector. The Great Migration could easily have been made up entirely of this group and their families. It is perhaps surprising to argue that an employed population could be enticed to move, but an explanation lies in the labor conditions then prevalent in the South.
About thirty-five percent of the urban black population in the South was engaged in skilled trades. Some were from the old artisan class of slavery—blacksmiths, masons, carpenters—which had had a monopoly of certain trades, but they were gradually being pushed out by competition, mechanization, and obsolescence. The remaining sixty-five percent, more recently urbanized, worked in newly developed industries—tobacco, lumber, coal and iron manufacture, and railroads. Wages in the South, however, were low, and black workers were aware, through labor recruiters and the black press, that they could earn more even as unskilled workers in the North than they could as artisans in the South. After the boll weevil infestation, urban black workers faced competition from the continuing influx of both black and white rural workers, who were driven to undercut the wages formerly paid for industrial jobs. Thus, a move north would be seen as advantageous to a group that was already urbanized and steadily employed, and the easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background comes into question.
According to the passage, which of the following is true of wages in southern cities in 1910?
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由文中的wages in the South were low以及“农村人口大量涌入城市后他们被迫降低自己的工资要求”可以推测出工资的变化趋势是越来越低。符合此意思的选项只有选项A
第二段全部是在说South，不要搞成north了！！！ 每段话的第一句一定要仔细读，实在不行翻译成中文，以免漏掉细节
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2020-11-16 20:32:11
wages--S2 此题在于理解句子间的逻辑关系 Wages in the South, however, were low。。。。After the boll weevil infestation, urban black workers faced competition from 。。。Thus, a move north would be seen as advantageous 说明本来工资就低，而竞争使工作更低，因此...
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2018-10-17 08:17:28
Wages in the South, however, were low, and black workers were aware, through labor recruiters and the black press 定位
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2018-05-23 11:56:14
这道题的定位在哪里呀 第几行呀？
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2016-03-12 16:35:55
tina_zzzz回复蛙
第二段第七行开始，wages in South were low
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