RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage/sharecropping that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?
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African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.
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African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.
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African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
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African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century? African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery. Debt peonage requires that a person’s debt be paid off through work.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage? Freedmen often remained in a slave of economic dependence on their former masters.
Detailed explanation-3: -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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