Sharecropping

Many Southerners were angry that the ___Amendment ended slavery.

In the South during Reconstruction, there were not many jobs. Also, the South’s economy was still based on __________. 

The ​ (a)   worked to help ​ (b)   Americans obtain education, land, and ​ (c)   but the process was very difficult.

• Freedmen's Bureau
• African
• jobs

Most people, white and African American, could not afford to​ (a)   their own ​ (b)   and supplies for ​ (c)   .

• buy
• land
• farming

In ​ (a)   , land owners allowed ​ (b)   of all races to use a section of their fields to ​ (c)   .

• sharecropping
• farmers
• farm

 The sharecroppers were required to give the landowner ____________________________. This left little for the farmers’ family.

• All of their farmers

• Their homes

• most of their profits (money earned) and their harvested crops

​ (a)   was a system specifically created to make the ​ (b)   wealthier and keep the workers in a cycle of ​ (c)   .

• Sharecropping
• landowners
• poverty

Sharecropping was not good for former slaves because.....

• They did not want to share their crops.

• They ended up owing money to the landowner and it became a cycle of debt.

• They were tired of working on farms.

​ (a)   Bureau was an organization that helped ​ (b)   Americans with education, jobs, ​ (c)   , and housing.

• Freedmen's
• African
• food

Which Amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th