Sharecropping

Which statement best compares slavery and sharecropping?

(A) Both systems tied laborers to the land, keeping laborers economically dependent on landowners.

Who held the power in the system of sharecropping in the South?

(A) White landowners held the power because they controlled the property, money, and supplies.

Under the system of sharecropping, contracts usually favored

(A) landowners.

Sharecropping could best be described as

(B) an economic system.

After slavery was abolished, most white Southern planters

(B) needed a new system of labor.

Even though sharecroppers rented their land, they could usually

(B) pass down land to their children.

Sharecroppers had to sign contracts with

(B) the landowner.

In the system of sharecropping in the South, many sharecroppers

(B) were unable to make a profit due to their debt.

What long-term effect did sharecropping have on the economy of the South?

(C) It kept the region dependent on agriculture, especially cotton cultivation.

How widespread was sharecropping in the South in the late 1800s?

(C) Sharecropping varied from state to state, but it was common in many places.

What negative impact did sharecropping have on African American lives?

(C) The system kept farmers in poverty.

What was the main reason why many African Americans became sharecroppers after the Civil War?

(C) They had little money and few options.

Which statement most accurately describes the economic impact of sharecropping?

(D) Sharecropping tied so many laborers to farming that it delayed industrial growth in the South.

After the Civil War ended, the system of sharecropping

(D) gave white landowners economic dominance in the Southern economy.

How long did sharecropping and tenant farming last in the South?

(D) into the 1930s