Question

What was the ultimate impact of sharecropping and tenant farming on freedmen in the South after the Civil War?It allowed the majority of African Americans to climb out of poverty.

It kept most African Americans and poor whites in poverty and in debt to white landowners.
It forced white landowners to sell off most of their land to black farmers.
It allowed freedmen to buy land and gain wealth.​

Answer 1

The answer is: It kept most African Americans and poor whites in poverty and in debt to white landowners.