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Supremacy Movements

Question 1 • (AG Q4) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)

Which of the following were reasons why sharecropping developed?Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
Landowners needed a new labor system.
B
Formerly enslaved people needed work and land.
C
Formerly enslaved people needed workers for their newly purchased land.
D
Landowners wanted to help formerly enslaved people become independent.

Explanation

After the Civil War, landowners needed a way to get labor to work their farms, while formerly enslaved people needed jobs and access to land. Sharecropping developed to meet both needs, though it often trapped workers in debt. It was not mainly created to help formerly enslaved people become independent, and choice C reverses who needed workers.

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