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Sharecroppers were charged high interest rates and had to give a portion of their crops to the landowners. This meant that most sharecroppers lived in poverty with little chance to own land or homes of their own.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoBlack sharecroppers never became successful farmers because the whites would cheat them out of money.
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∙ 6y agoThey were kept in slavery conditions. They were charged rent, food, and other things, but didn't make enough money from the share cropping to pay for everything.
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What were the advantages for the sharecroppers?
They were no longer enslaved but many became sharecroppers.
Were all sharecroppers African American?
No, all sharecroppers were not African American
What do sharecroppers?
they make wheat
What are the traps that tied sharecroppers to the land?
Sharecroppers were forced to buy tools and seed from their landowners for exorbitant prices. When the harvest came in, the crops were sold for barely enough to pay off the loans the sharecroppers took out to eat and survive. This left little to pay off the debt that they owed.
Who benefited least from a share cropping arrangement?
Sharecroppers
What were the reasons why the Americans were unsuccessful in the initial stages in black hawk down?
what were the reasons why the Americans were unsuccessful in the initial stages in black hawk down
What of food did the sharecroppers plant?
Sharecroppers could have planted:CottonRiceCorn
What group was least likely to prosper after the war?
The Sharecroppers farmers in the south will like not prosper after the war.
What were the advantages for the sharecroppers?
They were no longer enslaved but many became sharecroppers.
An advantage of sharecropping over slavery was?
An advantage of sharecropping over slavery was that sharecroppers had more independence and autonomy in their work. While still facing challenges, sharecroppers had the opportunity to negotiate terms and potentially earn a share of the profits from their labor.
Were all sharecroppers African American?
No, all sharecroppers were not African American
In the early 1930's American Communists moved beyond urban activism to organize what?
mine workers/black sharecroppers
Why did many farmers become sharecroppers?
So many freedmen and poor whites became sharecroppers.
Black slave who unsuccessful attempt to win his freedom deepened the sectional controversy?
Dred Scott
How did south prevent newly freed blacks from attaining equality?
By the BlacK codes, Ku Klux Klan a.k.a. "kkk", and sharecroppers. HOPE thiS hElPS
What do sharecroppers?
they make wheat
What is a synonym for sharecroppers?
FARMER
