Agriculture, Laws, and Slavery in Early Texas
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JESSICA POWELL
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Multiple Choice
Explain the agriculture in East Texas during the 1850s.
It was mostly by cotton supported by slave labor.
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Multiple Choice
Explain how the demand for cotton influenced the expansion of slavery in Texas.
Cotton production in Texas was mostly managed by free laborers and not slaves.
The demand for cotton led to an increased need for slave labor.
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Fill in the Blanks
According to Texas law, enslaved people were considered
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Multiple Select
Enslaved people NOT allowed to do what THREE things according to strict rules in the 1850s.
Leave the farm without a written pass
Own a weapon
Meet in groups without a white person present
work in a kitchen as a servant
ranching
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Multiple Choice
How did geography and laws work together to expand slavery in early Texas?
Geography provided good land for agriculture, while laws protected and increased the need for slavery.
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Reorder
Reorder the following
Good land
More cotton grows
Need more workers
Workers have strict rules
Strict rules lead to more money
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