RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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The plantation owners were concerned the former slaves would not find other jobs
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The plantation owners wanted the former slaves to experience what it was like to own a farm
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The plantation owners felt the former slaves needed to learn new skills before seeking other jobs.
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The plantation owners wanted to remain politically, socially, and economically superior to the former slave
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sharecropping developed, then, as a system that theoretically benefited both parties. Landowners could have access to the large labor force necessary to grow cotton, but they did not need to pay these laborers money, a major benefit in a post-war Georgia that was cash poor but land rich.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement explains the reason for the rise of the sharecropping system that developed in the South in the late 19th century? Because most former slaves lacked advanced agricultural skills, Southern farmers created a way to train emancipated slaves without having to pay them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The benefits of this system were that a farmer without disposable wealth, which could be used to buy farmland or equipment, could still become a farmer and make a living. In addition, a farm owner could gain income from farmland he did not have the time or the income to farm themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.