Using the U.S. Census documents provided, Historical Census Population by Race.pdf Historical Census Population by Race.pdf – Alternative Formats pages 43-93 only, review the information related to the state of your chosen destination city. Then, in 1-2 pages detail the change in demographics undergone by the state’s black and white population. What year did census recording begin? Which racial groups did the U.S. Census Bureau originally record? Were there changes (added or subtracted) to the racial groups or how groups were recorded? How did the various populations change over time? What events in American history might these changes have coincided with (e.g. Emancipation or the Great Migration)? Were there any large population increases over short periods of time?
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