Jim crow

Question 1

describe the basic arrangement that existed between a landowner and a sharecropper after Reconstruction ended in the south

Answer 1

landowner gives sharecropper a place to live and work. they shared the profit of the crops, that they worked off the land.

Question 2

name 3 things specifically did a landowner have to provide to his sharecroppers?

Answer 2

-seeds
-tools
-clothing
-food

Question 3

list 2 ways landowners often took advantage of sharecroppers:

Answer 3

-payed less than deserved
-lied about price of cotton and other crops

Question 4

list 1 reason why it was easy for landowners to take advantage of share croppers

Answer 4

they were not educated so they did not know how to read, write, or do math.

Question 5

name 2 ways sharecroppers tried to make extra money

Answer 5

-work on other farms
-sell milk and eggs

Question 6

describe 2 ways the experience of sharecropping was similar to slavery for black ppl:

Answer 6

-black people doing hard labor in the fields.
-held captive:would be shot if they tried to run away

Question 7

list 1 way sharecropping was better for blacks than slavery

Answer 7

-had more freedom
-stayed w/ their families
-no whipping
-got paid

Question 8

the agricultural adjustment act of 1933 tried to help farmers by giving them money to __________.

Answer 8

decrease production of cotton

Question 9

sharecropping decreased greatly and died out after what war?

Answer 9

World War II , which ended in 1945

Question 10

_________ vs. __________ was a Supreme court case that dealt with a train company providing “separate but equal” cars for white and black customers.

Answer 10

plessy, ferguson

Question 11

____________ was the term given to the system of anti-black laws and race-prejudiced cultural practices that came into use in the south after Reconstruction. That same term also described a performer who portrayed African Americans in negative, insulting way.

Answer 11

jim crow

Question 12

This system remained in use from the ______ to the _______.

Answer 12

1870’s , 1960’s

Question 13

Most Southern whites during this period interpreted any claim to pride or equality by African Americans as ____________.

Answer 13

a insult.

Question 14

Example of the political system white people created for their fellow black citizens.

Answer 14

voting taxes

Question 15

Example of the economic system white people created for their fellow black citizens.

Answer 15

-fines : found every reason to put a fine on a black person.

Question 16

Example of the social system white people created for their fellow black citizens.

Answer 16

segregation - black people had different exits and entering spots , separated transportation and eating places .