From 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918
<span>Legal contract systems such as the Italian mezzadria, the French métayage, the ... 3 Sharecropping agreements; 4 Farmer's cooperatives; 5 Economic theories of share ... Their work is heavily supervised as slave plantations were. ... A new system of credit, the crop lien, became closely associated with sharecropping.</span>
Maybe its because they fear what technology can do to the world. Maybe loosing their job to a machine or worried that a "certain idea would spread over the world and it would have a negative impact on that person and others." Or maybe it's because certain Americans don't believe in innovation or technology and they feared a progression in it. All depends on the American.
Hope this helps.
