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Because it was an inhumane way to treat people. My great great grand father was a sharcropper. The owners of the land make it where you cant get ahead and get a good life. They make sure you always owe them money so you cant leave. It was a legal form of slavery.
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How was sharecropping a cause of the Civil War?
sharecropping did not cause the civil war but it happened after when they couldnt have slaves anymore
Where did sharecropping originate?
After the Civil War.
Why did many people turn to sharecropping after the civil war?
Many people turned to sharecropping because they didn't know how to farm their own land.
In what states did sharecropping take place?
southern states
How did sharecropping hurt the freedmen?
They were abused by the land owner
What was The kind of farming developed in the south at the end of the civil war was?
Sharecropping
What caused an end to sharecropping in many regions of the south?
the invention of cotton picking machines
Which event caused the end of sharecropping in many regions of the South?
The invention of cotton picking machines.
How do you use sharecropping in a sentence?
The families lived on sharecropping land
Who did sharecropping affect?
sharecropping affected African Americans and poor whites.
Use the word sharecropping in a sentence?
Cesar had done sharecropping with his neighbor's.
How did sharecropping come to an end?
In America sharecropping continued from the decade following the civil war till the 1970's.
Which of the following did not restrict voting rights of African Americans after 1867?
sharecropping=)
How did farmers' alliances help poor farmers to keep their farms?
Sharecropping
What is a antonym for sharecropping?
Landownership would be an antonym for sharecropping, as it refers to owning land outright as opposed to a tenant farming arrangement.
What are the advantages of sharecropping?
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What is sharecropping and debt peonage as practiced in the US and what are the effects on those involved?
Sharecropping was very popular after the end of slavery in the US. It enabled very poor farmers of any color to earn a living from land owned by someone else. Debt peonage kept workers poor by forcing them to purchase goods from company run stores. This occurred both in the coal mines and in sharecropping.
