Understanding Sharecropping during Reconstruction
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This worksheet explores the concept of sharecropping in the context of Reconstruction, focusing on key vocabulary and understanding core ideas.
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Understanding Sharecropping during Reconstruction
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Vocabulary and Concepts of Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a system that became common in the Southern United States during Reconstruction, where landowners allowed tenants—often formerly enslaved people or poor farmers—to work on their land in exchange for a share of the crops produced.
Tenant farming is similar but generally involves paying rent to the landowner rather than sharing crops.
Debt peonage occurred when sharecroppers or tenants borrowed money for supplies and were unable to pay it back, trapping them in a cycle of debt.
Crop lien is a credit system where landowners or merchants provided supplies and credit to farmers, with repayment secured by the crops produced.
Economic exploitation refers to the unfair treatment of sharecroppers, often resulting in poverty and limited mobility.
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