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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Farmers who owned their farming equipment, agreed to work a landowner’s property. and provide a landowner with a portion of the crop were ____
A
Tenant Farmers
B
Slaves
C
Freedman’s Bureau
D
Sharecroppers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a person who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in a share of the crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tenancy is defined as a situation where tenant cultivates the land owned by another household and pays rent with cash or with a portion of the produce.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management, while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unlike sharecroppers, who could only contribute their labor but had no legal claim to the land or crops they farmed, tenant farmers frequently owned plow animals, equipment, and supplies.

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