USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping? Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following best describes the practice of sharecropping? A system of farming where a tenant worked the land in exchange for a share of profits from an owner who supplied a place to live and credit for food and clothing.

Detailed explanation-4: -American sharecroppers worked a section of the plantation independently, usually growing cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, and other cash crops, and receiving half of the parcel’s output. Sharecroppers also often received their farming tools and all other goods from the landowner they were contracted with.

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