Question

What was a major reason for the cycle of debt and poverty most sharecroppers experienced despite their hard work? Sharecroppers had to buy everything from the landowners who charged very high prices Landowners never made enough money to pay their sharecroppers well. There was not enough land available. Bad weather meant that the crops didn't do well.

Answer 1

The correct answer is this: SHARECROPPERS HAD TO BUY EVERYTHING FROM THE LANDOWNERS WHO CHARGED VERY HIGH PRICES.

Share cropping is a type of farming in which landowners rent their lands out to tenants in return for the share of crops grown on their lands. This is done on a yearly basis. The sharecroppers got their lands, seeds, homesteads, etc from the landowners and this made them to become more indebted to the landowners on a yearly basis, hence the circle of poverty.