Understanding Sharecropping during Reconstruction
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This worksheet provides reading comprehension activities focused on sharecropping during the Reconstruction era, encouraging students to analyze sources and compare perspectives.
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Understanding Sharecropping during Reconstruction
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Sharecropping in Reconstruction America
Source A: Explanation of Sharecropping 'Sharecropping was a system where landowners allowed farmers, often newly freed African Americans, to use land in return for a share of the crops produced. This system became widespread after the Civil War as a way for landowners to retain control of their land while providing work for freedmen.' Provenance: Excerpt from a history textbook on Reconstruction, published 2005.
Source B: Perspective of a Sharecropper 'We worked hard all year, but most of what we earned went to the landowner. We had little left for ourselves, and often we fell into debt.' Provenance: Oral history interview with a former sharecropper, 1930s.
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