Reconstruction review

  What was sharecropping? Why did so many of the freedpeople (former slaves) become sharecroppers after the Civil War? Did sharecropping enable most freedpeople to achieve economic independence? Why or why not? Paper instruction: 1. Review must focus on content and ideas. Your Review should identify and discuss a particular component of your classmate’s Answer that can be improved. Provide at least one concrete suggestion for improvement and support your suggestion(s) with cited historical evidence from the assigned sources. Do not critique grammar, spelling, punctuation, or other mechanical features of the Answer. This is the instructor’s job. If you are not sure how to start your Review, try asking yourself questions like these and study the example Review. 2. Include one exact (word-for-word), footnoted quotation from your classmate’s Answer. Use the quotation from your classmate’s Answer to highlight how the Answer could be improved. 3. Include one exact (word-for-word) quote from the textbook that supports your suggestion(s) for improvement. 4. Include one exact (word-for-word), footnoted quotation from a primary source, a Supplementary Resource, OR a website that supports your suggestion(s) for improvement. Primary source: https://vimeo.com/540002306/580524009a