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Why did many former slaves migrate to citites?
Many former slaves migrate to cities because they had more job opportunities there.
How did former slaves improve their lives?
Former slaves improved their lives by engaging in farming activities. Most of them started share-cropping which was a source of livelihood.
Which is not directly related to former slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What is a antonym for sharecropping?
There is no antonym for sharecropping as far as I know.
What were the positive and negative effects of sharecropping?
one positive effect: slaves were taken care of [food and shelter] neg effect: they were beaten harsher than back when they were slaves - because they were no longer seen as property [you usually take care of your property]
Which was not a component of the southern US's sharecropping system A The only people involved in sharecropping were former slaves B It was profitable to land owners C whole families worked the land?
The only people involved in sharecropping were former slaves.
What was unfair about sharecropping?
Many were designed to keep the former slaves poor
How was sharecropping unfair to former slaves?
they had no way to feed children and animals
How was sharecropping unable to solve the financial problems of former slaves?
because the slave holders lost their slaves cause of the 14th amendment, so in the fields of sharecropping... they were not paid. -
What was the type of farming that many former slaves practiced after the Civil War?
sharecropping
How did Reconstruction affect tenant farmers?
ex slaves were sharecropping. Bang bang.
What system of farmland rental that allowed former slaves to grow crops for a portion of the crop grown?
Sharecropping
Why was sharecropping created?
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. Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
What organization provided immediate relief and the educational opportunities after the Civil War in the south for former slaves?
Lincoln established the Freedmens Bureau for this exact purpose. It provided former slaves with education and information. Sadly most of them didnt know about this and fell into sharecropping
Who was the system of sharecropping least beneficial to?
the slaves
Who did sharecropping affect?
sharecropping affected African Americans and poor whites.
How was sharecropping a cause of the Civil War?
sharecropping did not cause the civil war but it happened after when they couldnt have slaves anymore
