Farming on the Rise
Farmers begin to move ________ Texas for available _________
WEST LAND
_________ is the main cash crop of Texas.
Cotton
After the Civil War, plantations were replaced by smaller _________.
FARMS
What pumped water from underground water resources for their families and livestock?
WINDMILL
Cotton is grown throughout _________
TEXAS
Supply own tools, seeds, supplies and are paid in cash OR crops for using the owners land = ?
TENANT FARMER
__________Farming provided water in the ground in hot arid areas.
DRY
Railroads got _____ and ______ to the markets
CATTLE COTTON
Landowner provides everything needed to farm (land, tools, seeds, supplies) and farmer is paid in ½ the crops = ?
SHARECROPPER
_________sprang up near__________.
TOWNS RAILROADS
Farmers faced hardships via ________ and _______ and not using the Texas land properly to__________
Droughts Farm
_________and________ worked _________ fields at a young age for long hours.
CHILDREN_and_TEENAGERS worked ___COTTON
what towns became farming centers before 1890
Amarillo, memphis Quanah, childress
in the year 1900 alone production of cotton alone surpassed
3,500,000 Bales
Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers were mainly former
SLAVES