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What were the four classifications of farmers in Mississippi in the 1920s?

In the 1920s, farmers in Mississippi were typically classified into four categories: tenant farmers, sharecroppers, small landowners, and large landowners. Tenant farmers rented land and often paid with a portion of their crop, while sharecroppers worked under similar arrangements but typically received a smaller share of the harvest. Small landowners owned their land but often struggled with debt, and large landowners owned significant tracts of land and often employed both tenant farmers and sharecroppers. These classifications reflected the economic disparities and agricultural practices of the time.


What was the name given to poor southern white small farmers after the Civil War?

After the US Civil War, many poor white farmers became sharecroppers, farming land owned by the wealthy planters in exchange for a percentage of their crop's yield.


Why did blacks become sharecroppers?

Because some people didn't own any land, or they lost their land because they were not able to pay back the money they borrowed, they often became sharecroppers.Emancipation caused a labor shortage on the plantations in the South. The former slaves had no money with which to purchase land. Sharecropping was the solution.


Why do you think laborers decide to become sharecroppers?

Go to Google(web).


Why did many southerns become sharecroppers after the civil war?

It looked like the obvious move up from slavery - half-owning the crops you cultivated on someone else's land.

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What African American woman did Lithographs of Sharecroppers and Two Generations?

why did farmers become sharecroppers sharecropping offered a measure of independance


What group was least likely to prosper after the war?

The Sharecroppers farmers in the south will like not prosper after the war.


How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?

Tenant farmers were different from sharecroppers because they usually had their own tools and animals.


Who was excluded from the prosperous 1920's?

the farmers and sharecroppers


How were farmers different from sharecroppers?

Farmers owned the land they farmed, and could keep what they earned. Sharecroppers farmed land owned by someone else, and kept part of the profits from the crop.


Which form of the following did most sharecroppers and tenant farmers make their living?

Sharecroppers and tenant farmers made their living from cash crops.


What did most sharecroppers and tenant farmers make their living?

Corn


What was the difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers?

Tenant farmers rented land and paid a fixed rent to the landowner, while sharecroppers did not pay rent but instead received a portion of the crops they grew as payment. Sharecroppers typically had less control over their farming decisions and were more vulnerable to exploitation than tenant farmers.


What group of ten often took advantage of farmers and their dependency?

Sharecroppers


How did tenant farmers differ from sharecroppers?

Used their own tools and animals


Who made a living off of cash crops?

Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers


What type of crops did most sharecroppers and tenant farmers grow?

cash crops