Chapter 18 Section 1: Postwar Changes to Texas Farming

3. Farmers generally grew only enough food to meet their own family's needs called _____ farming.
4. the owner of property that is leased or rented to another
8. Because most of the Civil War battles were fought in other states, Texas suffered little _____ damage.
9. Without a low-cost way to ship these goods, Texans saw little reason to pursue _____ farming.
14. The Civil War and the _____ of slaves left Texans providing for themselves on a smaller scale.
15. Poorer _____ started out with little more than their own labor and skills.
16. to give a lender legal claim to property as security until a debt is repaid
17. the Freedmen's _____ tried to help the freed slaves find jobs and establish stable lives.
18. These landowners divided their _____ into smaller sections that could be sold to farm families.

1. When the Confederacy was broken up, these pieces of paper became worthless.
2. Before and during the war, businesses had sold goods to the Confederate government on _____.
3. a tenant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop, minus charges for rent and other expenses
5. In addition to owing much of their crop to the landlord, most sharecroppers had to buy food, clothing and other _____ on credit.
6. Since most of the African American skills related to farming, many hoped to find work as a _____.
7. The practice of renting land for farming is known as ____ farming.
10. At the end of the Civil War, an estimated 250,000 African Americans lived in Texas making up about 30 percent of the _____.
11. Any extra eggs, milk or vegetables were _____ or sold to neighbors or to merchants in town.
12. The war left Texas and its people _____ ruined.
13. Taking out a loan was risky even a small loan could put a family in _____ for years.
16. The lack of efficient transportation in Texas also made it difficult to send crops to _____.