Question

Why was the sharecropping so common among the poor ?

Answer 1

B. This system required no cash investment. The sharecropping is an old agricultural system, where the landowner is payed for the use of his land by the tenants with part of the production. This system is beneficial to the poor given that it encourages them to live on the land, with both their subsistence and payment for the land coming from the crops (which efficiency depends on most parts on their efforts).

Answer 2

The answer is B. They did not have to PAY anything. They got to have a portion of land if they were willing to give the owner of the land some of their crops!