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What are Black Codes?
Laws restricting African American freedom, maintaining white supremacy after the Civil War.
Define Sharecropping.
System where Black families worked land owned by whites for a share of the crops, often leading to debt.
What is a Crop Lien?
Farmers borrowing money using future crops as collateral, trapping them in debt if harvests failed.
Define Convict Leasing.
System where African Americans were arrested for minor offenses and leased out as forced labor.
What was Sherman's Land Order?
General Sherman's plan to give 40 acres to freed families, later revoked.
Define Freedmen's Bureau.
Federal agency to aid freed slaves with labor contracts, education, and civil rights.
Compare Sharecropping and Convict Leasing.
Sharecropping: Agricultural labor, cycle of debt. Convict Leasing: Forced labor, criminal system exploitation.
Compare Sherman's Land Order and Black Codes.
Sherman's Land Order: Promoted Black economic independence. Black Codes: Restricted Black freedom and opportunity.
What were the causes and effects of Black Codes?
Cause: Southern desire to maintain white supremacy. Effect: Restricted Black freedom and economic opportunity.
What were the causes and effects of the failure of land redistribution?
Cause: Revocation of Sherman's Land Order. Effect: Perpetuation of economic dependence and racial inequality.
What were the causes and effects of the Convict Leasing system?
Cause: Need for cheap labor and racial bias in the justice system. Effect: Exploitation and re-enslavement of African Americans.