FARMING and AGRICULTURE
ECONOMY
PLANTATION CHARACTERISTICS
PLANTATION OWNERS
SLAVES
100
The word used to describe a large amount of wheat, rice, or other plant grown in fields for money
What is a crop
100
Texas became part of the ______________ states during the Civil War
What is Confederate
100
The name for the building where the plantation owner and his family lived
What is the "Great House"
100
The name everyone on the plantation had to call the plantation owner
What is Master
100
The social status of a slave on a Texas plantation
What is property
200
The three (3) largest cash crops in Texas at the time of the Civil War
What is sugar, rice, and cotton
200
The largest money-makers of the Texas economy during the Civil War (hint: the large farms that grew crops for money)
What are plantations
200
Most plantations were built along __________ to make the transportation of goods easier
What is rivers
200
The word used to mean "having lots of money"
What is wealthy
200
The place where slaves could be bought and sold
What is an auction
300
The most common method of transportation of crops from the South to the North
What is by river or water
300
True or false: The economy of Texas depended largely on slave trade and labor
What is true
300
The name of the small shacksor buildings that the slaves were forced to live in on the plantation
What are slave quarters
300
Most plantation owners were powerful men and could control the ____________ in the South a. stock market b. government c, weather
What is the government
300
Where slaves on Texas plantations would try to escape to in order to find freedom
What is Mexico
400
The invention that helped to increase the production of cotton
What is the Cotton Gin
400
Texas produced up to 20% of which crop for the entire United States before the Civil War
What is cotton
400
Plantations were often called _________ because they were almost completely self-supporting.
What are "small towns"
400
True or False: The families of the plantation owners never got an education because they were rich and didn't need a job
What is False
400
A word that means "set free" from slavery
What is emancipation
500
The inventor who was responsible for building the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney
500
As cotton production increased, the plantation owners needed more of these to keep up with the work
What are slaves
500
The name for the surrounding buildings on a plantation that were used as gardening sheds, blacksmith shops, smokehouses, and schools
What are Dependencies
500
Plantation owners would hand out ______________ to the slaves as their weekly amount of food
What are rations
500
The holiday celebrating the emancipation of the slaves in Texas
What is Juneteenth
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