How were matrillineal societies different from patrillneal societies

Explanation:

in matrillineal societies descent passes through female but authority is passed from a man to his sister's son .children take their descent membership from their mother so brother and sister share the same descent group membership while in patrillneal descent and political authority pass through males and authority like membership passes from father to son.

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.