us history midterm review
directions: try to answer the following questions from memory first before searching through previous assignments for any you cannot recall. all answers should be in your own words, no copy and paste please.
define the following:
- sharecropping:
- immigration:
- tenement housing:
- capitalism:
- robber barons:

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Accepted Answer

### Sharecropping:
# Brief Explanations:
Sharecropping was a system, especially in the post - Civil War American South. Landowners provided land, tools, and seed to farmers (often formerly enslaved people). In return, the farmers gave a share of their crop (usually a large portion, like half or more) to the landowner. It was a way for landowners to get labor and for farmers to have access to land, but it often trapped farmers in debt due to high costs and unfair agreements.
# Answer:
A system (common in post - Civil War US South) where landowners supplied land, tools, seed to farmers (often ex - enslaved); farmers gave a share of their crop to landowners, often leading to debt - trapping due to unfair terms.

### Immigration:
# Brief Explanations:
Immigration is the process of people moving from one country to another with the intention of settling there permanently or for an extended period. It can be for various reasons like seeking better economic opportunities, fleeing persecution or war, or for family reunification. Immigrants bring cultural, economic, and social changes to the destination country and also have their own experiences of adaptation.
# Answer:
The process of people moving from one country to another to settle (permanently/long - term), for reasons like economic opportunity, fleeing hardship, or family ties, bringing changes to the destination country.

### Tenement Housing:
# Brief Explanations:
Tenement housing refers to multi - family apartment buildings, especially in urban areas (like 19th - century US cities). These buildings were often overcrowded, had poor sanitation, little ventilation, and lacked basic amenities. They were mainly occupied by low - income immigrants or working - class people, and the living conditions contributed to the spread of disease and social problems.
# Answer:
Overcrowded, unsanitary multi - family urban apartment buildings (e.g., 19th - century US cities), housing low - income groups (immigrants/working - class), with poor living conditions and health risks.

### Capitalism:
# Brief Explanations:
Capitalism is an economic system where private individuals or businesses own the means of production (like factories, land, capital). The goal is to make a profit, and economic decisions are driven by supply and demand in a free market (to a large extent). It encourages competition, innovation, and private investment, but can also lead to income inequality and exploitation if not regulated.
# Answer:
An economic system with private ownership of production means, profit - driven, market - based (supply/demand), encouraging competition/innovation but with potential for inequality/exploitation.

### Robber Barons:
# Brief Explanations:
Robber Barons were powerful business leaders (industrialists) in the late 19th - century US (e.g., Rockefeller, Carnegie). They amassed great wealth, often through unethical or monopolistic practices like exploiting workers, crushing competition, and manipulating markets. However, some also made significant philanthropic contributions later, though their business methods were seen as predatory.
# Answer:
Late 19th - century US industrialists (e.g., Rockefeller, Carnegie) who gained huge wealth via unethical/monopolistic practices (exploiting workers, crushing competition), though some later engaged in philanthropy.

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Sharecropping:

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Immigration: