Which statement describes the sharecropping system that emerged to replace slavery in the South after the Civil War?
a. It created an equal partnership between tenant farmer and owner.
b. Most sharecroppers believed it was preferable to a wage labor system.
c. Sharecroppers were often worse off than slaves had been.
d. Through sharecropping, freed slaves were able to advance very well economically.
b. Most sharecroppers believed it was preferable to a wage labor system.
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A) called for the government to cease minting gold coins B) called for the government to continue to withdraw paper greenbacks C) was opposed by the Greenback Labor party D) allowed for the resumption of silver mining
When a people is dispersed, usually outside of their homeland, this is called a(n) ________
A) deportation B) exodus C) sacrament D) diaspora
Which of the following describes how Americans saw themselves and how they were perceived by the rest of the world?
a. Americans retained their optimism and ideals. b. Many saw the United States as being on the verge of imperialism in a world weakened by war. c. Although the strongest nation in the world after the war, the United States faced impediments to its global vision. d. All of the answers are correct. e. According to the United States, its ideals were universal.
Small slaveholders and nonslaveholders realized only limited benefit from the great profits of the cotton economy.
a. true b. false