RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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It helped them become a part of the middle class.
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It allowed them to have a political voice for the first time.
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It allowed them to make enough money to eventually buy their own land.
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It forced them to become dependent on the landowner for land and credit.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping? Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping.
Detailed explanation-4: -With a sharecropping contract, poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land. Instead of paying rent in cash, they were required to give a portion of the crop yield, called shares, back to the landowner.