The crop-lien system: a. became better as farm prices increased in the 1870s. b. applied only to african-american farmers. c. kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty. d. annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers. e. enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the civil war.

The answer is c.) kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.

Explanation:

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.