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In the sharecropping system, in exchange for labor, the landowner provided a place to live, tools, animals, and:

a. access to education for their children.
b. a portion of the proceeds when the crop was sold.
c. free medical care for the whole family.
d. a portion of the crop that could be used to feed livestock.

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Final answer:

In the sharecropping system, landowners provided a place to live and farming tools in exchange for labor, and sharecroppers paid rent with a portion of the crops they harvested.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the sharecropping system that took root in the South after the Civil War, freed people and poor whites who became sharecroppers would provide labor and in exchange, the landowner supplied a place to live, tools, and animals. Importantly, the sharecroppers did not receive access to education for their children, free medical care, or a portion of the crop to feed livestock. Instead, in exchange for their labor, sharecroppers paid their rent by giving the landowner a portion of the crops they grew—often as much as half of their harvest. This system favored the landowners and kept sharecroppers in a cycle of poverty and debt, as they assumed much of the risk of the farming operations.

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