Being a sharecropper or raising cotton in 1875 in Mississippi is exhausting, demeaning and destroys personal initiative. Being a share cropper might mean that you will have a little something left over for yourself if you have a very good crop. But without good crops, you will have nothing. My family and I work in the fields from sun up to sundown. We don’t own the land we work on. Our owner lets us grow crops on his land and takes a percentage of any profit. Sometimes we make enough money to have enough to eat and clothe ourselves. But it is more often that we just barely scrimp by. We eat what we can grow and on occasion, we can kill a chicken that we have raised. It is not a life you would wish on anyone.
The Executive branch is run by a governor who is elected by the most citizens in a state. Hope this helps
Education reform lead by Horace Mann was a major reform movement in the early 1800's. He helped create mandatory public education for all in the United States.
A personal responsibility is option D - taking care of yourself and your family.
Obeying laws, paying taxes, and understanding the values in the U.S. Constitution are all civic responsibilities. They are examples of acts and perspectives of civilly responsible citizens.
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