With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years
A) more farmers could purchase land.
B) tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South.
C) bankruptcies declined.
D) Western farmers prospered, while Southern farmers had grave troubles selling their cotton.
E) the government began buying surplus cash crops in order to sustain farmers' economic welfare.

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Tenant farming spread rapidly as many farmers, unable to purchase land due to economic challenges, resorted to renting land to farm, especially in the Midwest and South.

With Agricultural Production Rising Dramatically in the Post-Civil War Years