Question

In ideal situations, sharecropping gave African Americans in the South the opportunity to

1 set their own wages.
2 set their own financial goals.
3 break the cycle of debt.
4 break the cycle of dependence.

Answer 1

2 set their own financial goals.sharecropping gave African Americans in the South the opportunity to work flexibly by setting their own working hours. Sharecropping in the South was mainly started during the Reconstruction period largely because the Southern economy and farms had been destroyed during the Civil War.