crops
what was the cash crop that was harvested the most?
Cotton
were the people in america rich or poor?
they were poor
What is a tool that is used in collecting crops?
tractor
What else did the farmers try to control? a)life off of the land b)How they spent thier money
A
What is sharecropping?
an agrocultural system
What did the sharecroppers recive-75% or 25%?
The sharecroppers recived 75% of thier work
What were the conditions they lived in?
Very Bad!
What broght sharecropping to an end?
Technology (Tractors,Factories,etc.)
What did the sharecroppers live in?
Shacks
Why didn't the landowners let the slaves save up?
Because they didn't want the sharecroppers to save up and eventually move away
What else did they grow?
Corn
True or False: After The American Civil War slavery was broght to an end?
True
Where did sharecropping take place?
Mainly in the south
One problem of sharecropping is
The workers of the land do not own the land, which may lead to a principal-agent problem
What did the people who wanted/needed to be a sharecropper have to do before they became a sharecropper?
Sign a contract
When more and more cotton came in what is that called when the price of it goes down?
Inflation
Who thoght of the idea of sharecropping?
President Andrew Jackson
Where did most of the sharecroppers go?
To the northern factories
What did sharecropping end up being like?
Slavery
Why would you become a sharecropper? a)Lost land/No money b)Nothing to do c)Just needed a job
A would be the answer