During Reconstruction, Poor Blacks and Poor Whites in the South

question 10

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, poor blacks and poor whites in the South

• A) largely owned their own farmland.
• B) found economic independence through the tenant farming system.
• C) often became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.
• D) came together in harmony.

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Definitions:

Coxal Bone

Another term for the hip bone, which is a large, flat bone overlying the hip joint on each side of the human pelvis.

Growth Plate

A shaft of cartilage between the epiphysis and the diaphysis; also known as the epiphyseal disk.

Epiphysis

The rounded end of a long bone, which is separated from the main bone body by a growth plate in children and adolescents.

Diaphysis

The main or mid section (shaft) of a long bone, which is typically cylindrical in shape and contains the bone marrow and growth plates.