RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
How did the practice of sharecropping perpetuate an inferior social status for African Americans?
|
|
It kept African Americans in a cycle of poverty and debt to white men.
|
|
|
It required African Americans to denounce their voting rights.
|
|
|
It forced African Americans to pay a higher price to purchase land.
|
|
|
It limited the number of African Americans who could live in the South.
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Washington’s rhetoric differ from that of other civil rights advocates of the Progressive Era? He emphasized women’s roles and their contributions to civil rights. He advocated economic improvements over political rights. He ignored political issues such as lynching and Jim Crow laws.
There is 1 question to complete.