What Is the Definition of the Following Term

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Short Answer

What is the definition of the following term:
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Definitions:

Petition of Committee

A formal request or appeal submitted to an authoritative body, often composed by a group or committee, advocating for a particular cause or action.

Land Monopoly

A situation where a significant portion of land is owned or controlled by a single individual or entity, limiting access for others.

Sherman Land

Sherman Land relates to land redistribution proposals during the Reconstruction Era, most notably General William Tecumseh Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15, which intended to allocate land to formerly enslaved families.

Sharecropping System

A form of agriculture where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land, prevalent in the post-Civil War South.