Question

Why did sharecropping develop as a replacement for slavery in the South after the passage of the 13th amendment during Reconstruction?

It was used as a labor program to get freed slaves working after the war.


White southern society wanted to force freed slaves back into agricultural work and keep them financially dependent on white landowners.


There was little land available for farming in the South after the Civil War.


Freed slaves refused to leave the land they knew

Answer 1

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

White society wanted to keep there once slaves working for them in some way no matter if they were slaves or not.

Many former slave owners were mad about there slaves being freed and they still needed people to work there farms. So they thought that they would take advantage of the fact that many freed slaves had nowhere to go nor a place to work.