Which BEST describes the benefits of sharecropping in southern states following the Civil War? A) Sharecropping proved to be ver
y effective in giving "40 acres and a mule" to all former slaves. B) Sharecropping allowed the federal government to equally divide land between freed slaves and landowners. C) Sharecropping gave freed slaves a chance to earn a living and gave landowners a much needed labor force. D) Sharecropping made it possible for southern states to freely trade various agricultural products without taxes.
Sharecropping was a deeply problematic system. It was an extension of slavery and tied formerly enslaved people to the land of former slaveholders and exploited their labor. It was one of the reasons that South lagged behind the nation economically,
Explanation: Sharecropping was part of the elaborate system of Jim Crow.
