<span>The collapse of Reconstruction ended African Americans' hopes of being granted their own land in the South. Instead, many returned to plantations owned by whites, where they either worked for wages or became tenant farmers, paying rent for the land which they farmed.</span>
Answer:
They expected more from it.
Explanation:
The correct answer is <span>one clenched fist. The size of a fist would be used as a unit of measure, which was common at that time where people also used elbows and thumbs for size. Foot comes from old times and is still used today, just like stones. These are archaic sizes before the metric system.</span>