Sharecropping vsTenant

Which of the following is a common characteristic of both sharecropping and tenant farming?

• Both systems involve farmers owning the land they work on.

• Both systems require farmers to pay rent in cash.

• Both systems involve farmers working on land they do not own.

• Both systems guarantee a fixed income for the farmers.

Which system typically results in the farmer receiving a smaller share of the crop yield?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant farming

• Both systems result in equal shares

• Neither system involves sharing crop yields

What is one potential disadvantage of sharecropping for the farmer?

• The farmer must pay high cash rent.

• The farmer has to share a large portion of the crop with the landowner.

• The farmer has to buy the land after a certain period.

• The farmer is responsible for all equipment maintenance.

Which system is more likely to involve a written lease agreement?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant farming

• Both systems equally involve written agreements

• Neither system involves written agreements

Which system is more likely to result in a cycle of debt for the farmer?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant farming

• Both systems equally result in debt

• Neither system results in debt

In this type of agricultural system,

landowners receive half of the seasonal

crop yield which landowners then deduct living expenses

and supplies for the substance produced.

• A. tenant

• B. sharecropping

In this agricultural system, the land owners

receive two-thirds to three-fourths of

seasonal harvest, minus living expenses.

• Tenants

• Sharecropping

- Took the place of the plantation system in the south following Reconstruction

- Cycle that left former slaves in poverty

- Farm worker who works someone else’s land and pays for its use by giving the landowner a share of the crops grown.

• Sharecropping

• Cash Cropping