What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

Question

It was a way to take advantage of the South’s strong infrastructure.
The federal government required Southerners to use this system.
Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work.
Farmers were the only Southerners who still had money after the Civil War.

Answer 1

One reason sharecropping began in the South was that landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work. After the Civil War, many plantation owners needed a way to continue producing crops without the use of enslaved labor, and freed slaves sought employment and a means of supporting themselves. Sharecropping provided a system where landowners could rent out land to these laborers, who would then work the land and share a portion of the crops as payment.