Question

question 10 of 21
how did debt peonage affect the rights of black americans in the south?

a. it required them to sign predatory contracts to avoid being
arrested and imprisoned.

b. it made them the legal property of the people for whom they
worked.

c. it tied them to land they didnt own and greatly limited their
economic mobility.

d. it took away their rights to the land they owned and their ability to
make a living from it.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Debt peonage wasn't about avoiding arrest via predatory contracts in this context.
• Option B: Making them legal property is slavery, not debt peonage.
• Option C: Debt peonage tied Black Americans to land (like sharecropping - related debt) they didn't own, limiting economic mobility as they were stuck in a cycle of debt, matching the impact of debt peonage.
• Option D: Debt peonage didn't take away land they owned (many were sharecroppers on others' land), so this is incorrect.

Answer:

C. It tied them to land they didn't own and greatly limited their economic mobility.