A system where farmers rented land and paid rent, often in cash or crops?

A system where farmers rented land and paid rent, often in cash or crops?

• A. Sharecropping
• B. Tenant Farming
• C. Freedmen's Bureau
• D. Black Codes

Answer: (B)

After the Civil War, people looked at how farmers paid to use land. In tenant farming, a farmer rents land from a landowner and pays rent, often in cash or in crops, while providing his own labor. This is different from sharecropping, where the rent is typically a share of the crop rather than a fixed cash or crop payment. The other options point to a government relief agency or to laws restricting freedpeople’s rights, not to a land-rent system. So the description describes tenant farming.

After the Civil War, people looked at how farmers paid to use land. In tenant farming, a farmer rents land from a landowner and pays rent, often in cash or in crops, while providing his own labor. This is different from sharecropping, where the rent is typically a share of the crop rather than a fixed cash or crop payment. The other options point to a government relief agency or to laws restricting freedpeople’s rights, not to a land-rent system. So the description describes tenant farming.