Why did sharecropping lead to a cycle of poverty?
No one shared the tools, seed, or fertilizer needed to be successful.
No one shared the tools, seed, or fertilizer needed to be successful.
Freedmen had worked on farms all their life and didn’t want to work on farms anymore.
Freedmen had worked on farms all their life and didn’t want to work on farms anymore.
Crop prices were low, which prevented farmers from being able to pay off debts.
Crop prices were low, which prevented farmers from being able to pay off debts.
There was not enough land for everyone