The correct answer is D) Production boosted the economy, which helped lift the US out of the Great Depression.
The US was suffering through the worse economic depression in American history during the 1930's. However, thanks to America's involvement in World War II, the US military needed a significant amount of resources in order to be successful. This demands for goods caused businesses to hire more workers. This helped to decrease unemployment rates and resulted in more people having money within the US. This helped millions of American citizens to recover from the Great Depression.
The Boland Amendment had first been passed by Congress in December 1982. At this time, it only outlawed U.S. assistance to the contras "for the purpose of overthrowing the Nicaraguan government", while allowing assistance for other purposes.
Sharecroppers rented land and could grow any crops they chose; tenant farmers owned small plots of land and grew exclusively cash crops. D. Sharecroppers worked land owned by a group of former slaves; tenant farmers worked for wages.