Sharecrpping+during+Civil+War+Reconstruction

=Sharecropping and the Economy =
 * **This video is a basic understanding of what sharecropping is and how it came to be. **

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** Who was Involved? **
 * **African Americans**
 * **White Plantation Owners/ Farmers**
 * **Government**

=**What is the Issue About?** =
 * **Land Owners alllowed tenants to live and work on their land in return for some of their harvest. That was considered their rent**
 * **Gave African Americans jobs**
 * **Gave them a place to live and stay. [[image:http://ametia.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sharecroppers.jpg width="243" height="193"]]**
 * **Gave them independence\**

= How does the issue connect with reconstruction? =
 * **Helped jumpstart the economy**
 * **Helped to pay of war debt**
 * **Gave African Americans Jobs which prevented homelessness of 4 million people**
 * **Helped restore the Country as one- African Americans were working together**

= Why is this issue significant? = =**Did this isssue contribute to the successs or failure of reconstruction? **=
 * **Owning land would be the key to economic independence**
 * **It gave African Americans jobs to help them survive in society with their new freedom**
 * **Poverty was better than slavery**
 * **Arguments in Favor** || **Arguments Against** ||
 * * ** it offered potential for higher income **
 * ** increased feeling of independence **
 * ** owning land **
 * ** they had the right to distance themselves from thier 'owners' ** || * **slavery was over. people were still racist and in a way slavery was continued** ||
 * **it benifitted both the farmers and africans americans because it gave them jobs. It benifitted the plantation owners because it gave them labor with out it being slavery according to the government**