What was one disadvantage of

being a sharecropper during the

Great Depression?

A. They could only get supplies from the

government.

B. They were only allowed to be farmers, not

ranchers.

C. They did not own the land.

D. They could only have one-acre crops.

Option C, They did not own the land is one disadvantage of being a sharecropper during the Great Depression.

Explanation:

The Great Depression was the worst economic decline in industrialized world history and occurred between 1929 and 1939. This started after October 1929 market crash, which terrified and killed millions of traders on Wall Street.

Sharecropping involves agriculture on land owned by others. The farm system in the US goes back to colonial times where farmers divided their property into smaller plots and allowed labour in return for farming rights or food compensation taken out of the land.

As payment for services, part of the crops produced is usually returned to the owner. Sharecropping was taking place in the Southern US in the wake of Civil War, during the 1960s and 1970s, but the United States still has a changed sharecropping tradition.

However, the failure to initially pay the landowner, who had waited for payment until crops were harvested then, sold, was also disadvantaged.