How did Reconstruction benefit landowners in the agricultural economy of the South?

Question

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Responses

Landowners grew more than cotton.
Landowners grew more than cotton.

Landowners gave their land to slaves.
Landowners gave their land to slaves.

Landowners made the barter-credit system a success.
Landowners made the barter-credit system a success.

Landowners went North to find workers.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Landowners made the barter-credit system a success.

During Reconstruction, the agricultural economy of the South shifted, and while some landowners struggled, many adapted by utilizing a system of sharecropping and barter-credit arrangements, which allowed them to maintain control over land and labor despite the changes brought about by the end of slavery.