African American Social Developments: Sharecropping and Social Divisions Flashcards
What was Sharecropping?
Having people farm a piece of land and also live there and the owner of the land gets a share of the crops produced
Which social group was most likely to be in sharecropping? Why?
African Americans, because they had no other job opportunities
What had practically happened to many African Americans in the Gilded Age by them becoming sharecroppers?
They had been put back into slavery
What was an issue for economic freedom of African Americans in the Gilded Age and why?
Many of them could not afford land because they had low-paying jobs
What was a long term positive point for African Americans getting land by 1910?
By 1910, 25% of African Americans owned land
What was a social division between African Americans alone?
The division between the ‘blacks’ and the ‘browns’
How would you be labelled a ‘black’?
If you were liberated from slavery in 1865
How would you be labelled a ‘brown’?
If you had been liberated from slavery before 1865
How were some African Americans liberated from slavery before the end of the Civil War?
Because Northern troops liberated all slaves with each town that they passed through
What became a common occurrence against African Americans after the Reconstruction Era ended in terms of how they killed them?
Lynching
