Question

Based on the information, which conclusion can BEST be reached?

a
Sharecropping allowed formerly enslaved people to have control over what they produced.
b
Sharecropping was an easy way for formerly enslaved people to purchase farm equipment.
c
The sharecropping system kept many formerly enslaved people dependent upon landowners.
d
The sharecropping system helped many formerly enslaved people earn enough profits to buy their own land.

Answer 1

c

Sharecropping often trapped formerly enslaved people in cycles of debt and dependency on landowners (through crop-lien agreements, required advances, and large shares owed), rather than giving them control or enabling them to buy land.