The system of sharecropping developed in the south after the civil war because
A. Most formerly enslaved persons had no farming skills
B. Owners of large tracts of land forced labor shortages
C. Much farmland was ruined by the war
D. Plantation owners wanted to diversify crops
Answer: B. Owners of large tracts of land forced labor shortages
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A) Contrabands. B) Know Nothings. C) Copperheads. D) Vipers.
Working-class families often supplemented their income by
A. doing piecework at home in the evening. B. taking in boarders. C. working as maids or servants on their days off. D. running small businesses out of their homes.
During World War II, African soldiers
A) were not added to the armies of the Allies. B) refused to fight. C) were used only as forced labor. D) fought in the Allied campaigns against the Axis Powers. E) fought only in Africa.
Due to a warmer climate from the Pacific current sweeping up from the south, where do a majority of Japanese people tend to live?
A. On the main island of Honshu in the north. B. On the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu. C. On the east coast, around Tokyo and Osaka. D. On the west coast, around Tokyo and Osaka. E. On the main island of Honshu, on the coast of the inland sea.