1. Jack Metzger argues that for his family, the union increased both negative freedom (that is, freedom from) and positive freedom (that is, freedom to). Give examples of each from the article you read. How are the two connected or inter-twined? Do you think one is more important than the other.
2. Why was it harder to organize a union of sharecroppers than a union of steelworkers in the 1930s? Was it simply that the National Labor Relations Act (the Wagner Act) did not cover sharecroppers? What else made the situation difficult (according to the PBS video you watched or other factors you can identify)?