Why Was Sharecropping a Disappointment for Many African Americans

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why was sharecropping a disappointment for many African Americans?

• A) Black sharecroppers rarely achieved economic independence or land ownership.
• B) By the 1870s, new farming technology eliminated the need for most workers on sharecropping farms.
• C) Former slaves, who had wanted to work in family units, were quickly pressed back into gangs.
• D) Landowners regularly took farm land away from families who "defied" them.

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