1. PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?
A While slavery ended, freedmen were only
allowed to work on plantations as
sharecroppers.
B Former slaves were able to successfully
integrate into society by becoming
sharecroppers for their former masters.
C After slavery ended, many freedmen became
sharecroppers and were taken advantage of by
landowners.
D Sharecropping was a successful means of
providing for former slaves who didn't have the
education or skills for other work.

C. After slavery ended, many freedmen became  sharecroppers and were taken advantage of by  landowners.

Explanation:

In the informational text From Slaves to Sharecroppers, Leigh Dekle wrote about how former slaves became sharecroppers with their own masters and others. But this proposition also led to a massive problem for both the blacks and the whites, with the sudden change in their lives.

With the newly free slaves becoming sharecroppers, they were able to get a bit of freedom and rights into being free. But at the same time, they did not know how to be free nor did the whites know how to be with their former slaves. At the same time, some landowners put such high prices for the seeds and lodging that these sharecroppers were eventually put back into debt, which became a different form of slavery again.

the second option.is correct