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In the period after the civil war, most rural southern blacks became either tenants or _________

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The correct answer is sharecropper.

After the Civil War, many newly freed slaves continued to work on farms and plantation, as this was a skill set they already developed. This resulted in the increased use of the sharecropping system.

Essentially, white farm owners would rent land out to black citizens. These black citizens would use this land to cultivate their own crops. Then, they would give the farm owner some of their crops as a form of payment.
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