Final answer:
The statement concerning sharecroppers is true; they paid their rent in the form of a portion of the crops they produced.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement 'Sharecroppers were tenant farmers who paid their rent with shares of their crops' is true. Sharecropping was a system that became widespread in the Southern United States after the Civil War. Under this system, tenant farmers would cultivate a plot of land and then pay rent to the owner of the land with a portion—or share—of the crops they produced. This system was especially prevalent during the Reconstruction period, as it provided a solution for both the landowners who needed their lands tilled and for the freedmen and poor whites who needed access to land and seeds but had no cash to pay for rent.