Question

what effect did sharecropping have on post - civil war african - americans in the south? it kept them bound to their previous enslaved lives. it earned them respect among plantation owners. it granted them robust financial independence.

Explanation:

To determine the effect of sharecropping on post - Civil War African - Americans in the South:

• Option 1: Sharecropping systems often trapped African - Americans in a cycle of debt and dependence on landowners, similar in many ways to the conditions of slavery as they had little real economic or social mobility and were tied to the land and the plantation - like system.
• Option 2: Plantation owners generally saw sharecroppers as a source of labor and not as equals worthy of respect. The power dynamic was still very much in favor of the landowners.
• Option 3: Sharecropping did not lead to financial independence. High interest rates on supplies, unfair crop - sharing agreements, and lack of access to better economic opportunities meant that sharecroppers often remained in poverty.

Answer:

A. It kept them bound to their previous enslaved lives.