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When were slaves able to own land

In America, when they were freed.

What were the White League and the Knights of the White Camellia

two radical political terrorist groups that had association with the thoughts of the KKK. Their chief intention was to oppose the rights of the freedmen, and were motivated by racial supremacists views.

What kind of farming is based on an agreement between a person who owns land and tools and a person who does the work in return for a portion of the crop

sharecropping

What was meant by the term scalawag in the South

Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

Why did forced labor continue after the Civil War

it was legal as a form of punishment

What was true about sharecropping

In sharecropping, both freed slaves and poor whites borrowed land, seeds, and tools from a landowner, in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest time.

What usually happened to sharecroppers who did not make enough money from their crops to pay expenes

they had to stay on the land till they could make the money to pay

A sharecropper in the South usually needed to

let the landowner decide what to plant

Because of the compromise of 1877 did not become president

samuel j tiden

A way that landowners took advantage of sharecroppers was by

Paying less for crops raised by African Americans

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