RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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How did the practice of sharecropping hurt African Americans?
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It ignored the 13 Amendment and made slavery legal again.
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It kept African Americans in a cycle of debt to white farmers.
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It allowed white farmers to steal land owned by subsistence farmers.
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It promoted dangerous farming practices that resulted in significant losses of life.
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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.
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