What was the main effect of the systems of sharecropping and debt peonage put in place in the south after the civil war? the southern economy was unable to move from an agricultural basis to an industrial basis. african americans were prevented from leaving the plantations where they had been enslaved. agricultural output grew quickly enough to return to pre-civil war levels by the end of the 19th century. land ownership was transferred from large plantation owners to both poor white farmers and emancipated slaves.

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Craig Moore

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What was the main effect of the systems of sharecropping and debt peonage put in place in the south after the civil war? the southern economy was unable to move from an agricultural basis to an industrial basis. african americans were prevented from leaving the plantations where they had been enslaved. agricultural output grew quickly enough to return to pre-civil war levels by the end of the 19th century. land ownership was transferred from large plantation owners to both poor white farmers and emancipated slaves.

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Laila Garza · Answer 1

Because most former slaves lacked advanced agricultural skills, Southern farmers created a way to train emancipated slaves without having to pay them statement explains the reason for the rise of the sharecropping system that developed in the south in the late 19th century