Question

What was the economic impact of Reconstruction on freedmen in South Carolina?

Answer 1

During Reconstruction, many small white farmers, thrown into poverty by the war, entered into cotton production, a major change from prewar days when they concentrated on growing food for their own families. ... Sharecropping dominated the cotton and tobacco South, while wage labor was the rule on sugar plantations.

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Answer 2

You didn't include the answer choices, but the answer is, "Many freedmen in South Carolina turned to sharecropping after the war, which often led these individuals into an endless cycle of debt."

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