How did sharecropping affect the South after the Civil War?

With the southern economy in disarray after the abolition of slavery and the devastation of the Civil War, sharecropping enabled white landowners to reestablish a labor force, while giving freed Black people a means of subsistence. 1 What were the effects of sharecropping? 2 How did sharecropping affect farming in the South? 3

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How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor lead to the entry of the United States into a war against Germany?

Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. 1 How did USA enter into World war 2? 2 What did the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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