Under the sharecropping system,
A. government subsidies made up the difference between agricultural prices and the cost of living index.
B. landowners often received less than one half of the crops.
C. landowners provided land, tools, seed, and work animals.
D. sharecroppers received one half of the yield of crops
Answer: C. landowners provided land, tools, seed, and work animals.
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