RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Question
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How did both white landowners and Freedmen rely on sharecropping?
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White landowners got workers so they could still make a profit; Freedmen got jobs
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White landowners worked for African Americans
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African Americans took over the land
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The high interest rates landlords and sharecroppers charged for goods bought on credit (sometimes as high as 70 percent a year) transformed sharecropping into a system of economic dependency and poverty. The freedmen found that “freedom could make folks proud but it didn’t make ‘em rich."
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.
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