USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Sharecropping?
A
To produce a crop.
B
A friend who shares with you.
C
A crop that is shared.
D
A farmer who gives part of each crop as rent.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sharecropping is a form of land tenancy, in which the landowner permits the tenant to use his land in return for a stipulated fraction of the output (the ‘share’). It is an institutional arrangement which has prevailed in both developing countries and less-developed countries [LD(s)].

Detailed explanation-2: -a farmer who rents land and who gives part of his or her crop as rent, especially in the past. Farmers & farm workers. crofter. farmer. farmhand.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comment. Solution : Most of the arable land in Champaran district was divided into large estates owned by Englishmen and worked by Indian tenants. The chief commercial crop was indigo. The landlords compelled all tenants to plant 15 percent of their holdings with indigo and surrender the entire indigo harvest as rent.

Detailed explanation-4: -The landlords compelled the sharecroppers to plant 15% of their land with indigo and also surrender their entire harvest as rent.

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