Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	According to the writers, what was the essential motivation of the plantation owners?
	A.	to own as many slaves as possible
	B.	to acquire more land than other plantations owners
	C.	to make as much money as they could as quickly as possible
	D.	to protect the land for future generations

2.	What did the sharecroppers discover that they needed in order to grow cotton?
	A.	more money than what most could afford
	B.	permission from state governments
	C.	more water than what was then available.
	D.	fertilizer

3.	According to Caldwell and Bourke-White, of what has sharecropping deprived millions of persons?
	A.	what most Americans consider the necessities of life
	B.	the American dream
	C.	the chance to travel overseas
	D.	the ability to become plantation owners

4.	What is the first sign of hope for sharecroppers as stated by Caldwell and Bourke-White?
	A.	new federal laws
	B.	collective action by the tenant farmers against the institution of sharecropping
	C.	armed rebellion against the plantation owners
	D.	a new hybrid of cotton

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