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After the war the South was left in ruins so, many southerrners struggled to find work. Many landowners in the south paid workers ( African americans who had been enslaved) to harvest their crops by letting them keep a share of the crops that they harvested. This was called sharecropping.

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I affected their lives because many of them had lost homes, farms and in turn they were busy trying to get back all they had before. Primarily, they were trying to fit back into the union and go about life as usual.

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Q: How were the lives of ordinary southerners affected in the years after reconstruction?
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