Question

Which describes why sharecropping kept landless southern farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty?

A.
Farmers made no profit of their own after paying off the land owner.

B.
Freed slaves refused to work as sharecroppers on their old plantations.

C.
Northern markets refused to buy sharecropped produce.

D.
Banks denied loans to plantation owners to buy more land.

Answer 1

A.  Farmers made no profit of their own after paying off the land owners.

Answer 2

"A. Farmers made no profit of their own after paying off the land owner" is the best option from the list, although it should be noted that occasionally profits were made.