Question 5 • **MFISD US HISTORY STUDIES SINCE 1877 A 22-23 CR
Sharecroppers farmed land owned by someone else and paid rent with an agreed portion of the crops they produced. This arrangement often left farmers deeply in debt, rather than giving them land ownership or a regular wage. Therefore, the correct choice is A, farmers rented land in return for a share of the crops.
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