18. Identify the impact that sharecropping had.

Question

(1 point)
Responses

Most sharecroppers and small landowners became locked in a cycle of poverty
Most sharecroppers and small landowners became locked in a cycle of poverty

It resulted in the expansion of profitable community farms

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Most sharecroppers and small landowners became locked in a cycle of poverty.

Sharecropping often kept families in debt due to high interest rates on loans for tools and seeds, as well as low prices for crops, which perpetuated economic hardship.