Following the Civil War very few African Americans were able to own land, so they often farmed on a white landowners farm. They would then have to give a large portion of their crop to the landowner. This most accurately describes:

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Following the Civil War very few African Americans were able to own land, so they often farmed on a white landowner’s farm. They would then have to give a large portion of their crop to the landowner. This most accurately describes:

A	Sharecropping
B	Jim Crow Laws
C	Civil Rights Farming
D	The Freedman’s Bureau

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Through sharecropping, white landowners hoarded the profits of Black workers’ agricultural labor, trapping them in poverty and debt for generations. Black people who challenged this system of domination faced threats, violence, and even murder.

Detailed explanation-2: -American sharecroppers worked a section of the plantation independently, usually growing cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, and other cash crops, and receiving half of the parcel’s output. Sharecroppers also often received their farming tools and all other goods from the landowner they were contracted with.

Detailed explanation-3: -High interest rates, unpredictable harvests, and unscrupulous landlords and merchants often kept tenant farm families severely indebted, requiring the debt to be carried over until the next year or the next.

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USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS