African American Social Developments: Reasons for leaving The South - Job Discrimination

Question 1

When did Slavery end?

Answer 1

1865

Question 2

What job did most African Americans get in The South when Slavery ended?

Answer 2

Sharecropping

Question 3

What is sharecropping?

Answer 3

When you work on a piece of land for someone and get a share of the sold price of what you produce

Question 4

What was a disadvantage of share-cropping?

Answer 4

You had to take a loan from the farmer to get the tools to do it

Question 5

What happened to many African-Americans that became Sharecroppers?

Answer 5

They became stuck in a debt trap with the farmers

Question 6

What does Sharecropping being a large thing for the economy after Slavery ends show about the South?

Answer 6

They wanted to maintain a farming-based economy which controlled people