The Sharecropping System

question 1

Multiple Choice

The sharecropping system

• A) allowed former slaves to ban together to buy land and share the profits of their combined efforts.
• B) required a small tax on profits to be paid to the federal government.
• C) allowed former slaves to farm plots owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest.
• D) required tenants to purchase tools, seed and other items needed to cultivate land.
• E) All of the above

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