Learn about the role cotton farming played in the South after the Civil War and how African Americans shaped the economic landscape. Objective 1. To describe the role cotton farming played in the South after the Civil War; 2. To explain the work sharecroppers did throughout the year to produce a cotton crop; 3. To identify some of the factors that brought about the end of the sharecropping system in upland Georgia; 4. To research agricultural change in the local community and to plan an exhibit based on such research. Background Time Period: 1900-1940 Topics: This lesson could be used in units Duration: 90 Minutes.