Question

independent practice
work, social institutions, and economic relationships became important issues for newly freed african americans. match the term to the correct description:

1. agency designed to aid freed slaves after the civil war, including the establishment of african american schools
2. system in which a landowner chose the crop the farmer planted, gave the farmer a place to live, and received a share of the crop
3. system in which a farmer did not own the land he tended, but chose the crop he planted and bought his own supplies
4. system in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land

terms:
tenant farming
sharecropping
share-tenancy
farmers alliance
freedmens bureau

Explanation:

Each term is matched to its historical definition related to post-Civil War America for newly freed African Americans:

1. The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency created to assist formerly enslaved people with resources like schools.
2. Sharecropping describes a system where the landowner controls crop choices and provides resources, then takes a share of the harvest.
3. Share-tenancy lets the farmer choose their own crop, even without owning the land, while getting supplies.
4. Tenant farming is when a farmer pays rent to use a landowner's property.

(Note: The Farmers' Alliance is not matched as there is no corresponding definition provided in the image.)

Answer:

• Freedmen's Bureau: agency designed to aid freed slaves after the Civil War, including the establishment of African American schools
• sharecropping: system in which a landowner chose the crop the farmer planted, gave the farmer a place to live, and received a share of the crop
• share-tenancy: system in which a farmer did not own the land he tended, but chose the crop he planted and bought his own supplies
• tenant farming: system in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land