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LCritchfi · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

What was a typical characteristic of sharecropping for blacks?

A) Blacks generally could dispute the landowner's valuation of crops or goods.
B) Black men were forced to accept the white man's word in disputes over crop prices or the value of goods provided to the sharecroppers.
C) Cotton brokers and gin owners paid equal prices to blacks and to whites for cotton.
D) Contracts had to be written and had to be filed in court.

Question 2

What is the pattern of black land ownership between 1870 and 1900?

A) It fell as the government took land away from blacks.
B) It fell as many blacks left the area or were forced to give up land because of debts.
C) It remained stagnant over the time period.
D) It increased at enormous rates.