Question

place each characteristic in the correct category based on whether it describes a tenant farmer, a sharecropper, or both during reconstruction. tenant farmer sharecropper both options owned equipment, seed, and fertilizer typically received more than half of the crop borrowed equipment, seed, and fertilizer worked someone else’s land in exchange for a share of the cultivated crops could not get ahead to achieve landownership or success typically received about half of the crop

Explanation:

• Tenant Farmer: Tenant farmers usually owned their own equipment, seed, and fertilizer. They typically received more than half of the crop (as they paid rent in cash or a fixed share, often keeping a larger portion).
• Sharecropper: Sharecroppers borrowed equipment, seed, and fertilizer from the landowner. They typically received about half of the crop (as the arrangement was a share of the crop, often around 50%).
• Both: Both tenant farmers and sharecroppers worked someone else’s land in exchange for a share of the cultivated crops. Also, both faced difficulties in getting ahead to achieve landownership or success (due to debt cycles, exploitative systems, etc.).

Answer:

• Tenant Farmer:
• owned equipment, seed, and fertilizer
• typically received more than half of the crop
• Sharecropper:
• borrowed equipment, seed, and fertilizer
• typically received about half of the crop
• Both:
• worked someone else’s land in exchange for a share of the cultivated crops
• could not get ahead to achieve landownership or success