Question

How did farm practices change in Texas after the civil war?

Answer 1

How did farm practices change in Texas after the civil war?

The correct answer is B. The number of tenant farmers increased

After the civil war, there was an emergence of southern farm tenancy, a system of near slavery without legal sanctions with tenant farmers in place of slaves. The economy developed and became a money-based system, small farmers, increasingly became tenant farmers. The number of farms in Texas rose from about 61,000 in 1870 to around 174,000 in 1880 and 350,000 by 1900 where farm and ranching enterprises expanded rapidly.