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 grown throughout _________.
TEXAS
Supply own tools, seeds, supplies___________ Replaces __________ and are paid in cash OR crops for using the owners land
TENANT FARMER The Tenant System Replaces Slavery
__________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__________.
_GRASSHOPPERS DROUGHTS FARM
______________ worked ______ fields at a young age for long hours.
CHILDREN_and_TEENAGERS COTTON
Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle.
Open Range
A proposed law presented to a legislature for consideration.
BILL
Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers were mainly former _
SLAVES