Hello Fifth Graders,
Please write a short (4-6 sentences) answer to ONE of the questions below. Make sure you topic sentence echos the question you choose.
1. What services did the Freedman's Bureau provide to former slaves?
2. Explain how sharecropping was similar to slavery.
3. How did the Transcontienental Railroad change the United States?
This should be a good review for your test tomorrow. :)
Sharecropping is similar to slavery because in sharecropping the farmers had African Americans and/or Whites work on their farms. So in some ways sharecropping is very similar to slavery. In other ways it is very different from slavery. In sharecropping they gave the Africans or the white people a share of the crop. Slavery just had them work for no pay.
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ReplyDeletesharecropping is when somebody that has land gives it to somebody else for a deal. you have to go by the deal if you want your land, but it is not really yours but it kind of is.
i can say you can have this part of my land give me $130 a year and 1/3 of your crops.you can build a house whatever you want but i want my money and crops every year,
if you do not give that person what they want you will have to give more.
if it rained and your crops got messed up and you have no money you will have to work harder to pay it of. so you own me 2/3 of your crops and $260.
share cropping is like slavery because you have to work hard, give them what ever your deal was and you can not leave till you give them ever last dime and crop you need to give. if something comes up you have to stay, and you do not get a vary good benefit from it because you do not get money and are under others peoples orders.~Jeannie~
The Transcontinental Railroad by...
ReplyDeleteIt helped the US by making it easier to travel.This railroad also made shipping people, goods, and mainly animals (especially cows). The Transcontinental Railroad also helped US by traveling faster to trade and ship. These are the things that the Transcontinental Railroad helped the United States of America!
P.S-I did not look at the "golden ticket"
(the study guide)
The Transcontinental Railroad changed the United States by......
ReplyDeletemaking things travel esker like, shipping people,animals,and goods. It helped us ship goods from place to place even out of the country! Well, of course, instead of airplanes what people use and mail (plus other things) people can use the Transcontinental Railroad for out and in the country! See how it changed everything hard before easier!
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ReplyDeleteThe transcontinental railroad helped the U.S. a lot. It helped the country by making traveling more efficient. You see, the fastest way was to get across the country was to go around South America on boat and go around to California! That is how long it took to get across the country. There where two companies building different railroads and they met at salt lake city. These are some facts about the transcontinental railroad.
Sharecropping was like slavery because the former slaves still had to work for wealthy land owners. The former slaves earned a little bit of money. Most of the crops were given to the land owner. Former slaves would have to borrow a lot of money to surive.
ReplyDeleteSharecropping is similar to slavery because the person can't leave until they've paid of their debt. They can't get out of debt easily. The debt is almost impossible to pay of with just cotton as a crop. They still get clothes and food. Usually they work there for the rest of their lives.
ReplyDeleteSharecropping is like slavery in many ways. Someone gives you land and money and says that you have to pay rent and give me 1/2 of your harvest. Also if you are in debt and try to leave they will call the cops. Then until you pay your debt you are stuck there.that's why sharecropping is like slavery.
ReplyDeleteHow was the Transcontienental Railroad invention revoloutionary?
ReplyDeleteWell first of all it made transportation much easier by allowing people to cross the country in only 8 days! And know western farmers could sell there crops in the north! So there crops were likley to be worth 2x more the money so it would help get profit. Also there were to companies that while there were creating the tracks they got right next to eachother! But the most important part was how fast it got you across the country in 8 days! The old way by wagon would take months , and now its much more efficient so it helped every one get across much faster than before to get more land!
The transcontinental railroad change U.S.A in many ways. First of all, many western farmers were able to make more money because they could ship their fruits and vegetables on the train. Next, areas near the railroad expand into cities. Third, the eastern settlers could ship their items to the west and western settlers could ship their items to the east. People now travel on the transcontinental railroad more often because it was easier and faster. Some people also lost land. More conflicts with American Indians will happen. The United States of America will change forever.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Transcontinental Railroad was completed it allowed people to travel faster. Settlers in the west could make money by shipping their goods to markets in the East. The East used the railroads to ship goods to settlements in the West. The shrinking of the national markets helped the economy heal much faster. Friends and family could communicate quicker because mail could be carried on trains.
ReplyDeleteThe Transcontinental Railroad changed the United States a lot. Before the railroad the trips were slow, unsafe and expensive. Now it was safer and less expensive. The Transcontinental Railroad also made it easier to travel and send goods markets. You could also get more money by selling your crops to the east, where there were more people and fewer farms.
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