The sharecropping system and the crop-lien system were both attempts to

Both systems developed in the post–Civil War South to address the economic problems farmers faced, especially the lack of land, money, and credit. Sharecropping let farmers work land in exchange for a share of the crop, while the crop-lien system let them obtain supplies on credit against a future harvest. Although the crop-lien system made buying supplies possible, both systems often trapped farmers in debt, so B is the best answer.

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