Reconstruction and Sharecropping: Significance & Factors
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Year 9 / GCSE / Grade 8
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~18 mins
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A worksheet exploring the significance and factors influencing sharecropping during the Reconstruction era in America.
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Reconstruction and Sharecropping: Significance & Factors
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Understanding Sharecropping
Source A: Excerpt from a Reconstruction-era report 'Sharecropping became a widespread system in the South, where freed slaves and poor white farmers worked land owned by wealthy planters. They paid a share of their crops as rent, often leading to cycles of debt.' Provenance: Government report on economic practices in the South, 1875.
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Explain what sharecropping involved during Reconstruction. (3 marks)
[3 marks]2.
Compare the economic impact of sharecropping on farmers and landowners. (4 marks)
[4 marks]3.
Outline the social factors that contributed to the spread of sharecropping in the South. (3 marks)
[3 marks]4.
Explain why sharecropping was considered a significant system during Reconstruction. (4 marks)
[4 marks]5.
Which factor was MORE significant in the spread of sharecropping: economic or social? Justify your answer with evidence. (5 marks)
[5 marks]6.
Analyse how political decisions after the Civil War affected the prevalence of sharecropping. (4 marks)
[4 marks]7.
Compare the role of religious beliefs and economic necessity in maintaining sharecropping. (4 marks)
[4 marks]8.
Outline the main factors that contributed to the growth of sharecropping during Reconstruction. (4 marks)
[4 marks]9.
Explain how sharecropping affected the opportunities for African Americans during Reconstruction. (3 marks)
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