Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: ______________ Unit 7 (Ch. 13 & 14) – Pioneer Life Q&A I. Population Growth and Slavery in Texas (Ch. 13, Sect. 1) What was the population of Texas in 1836 and 1846? 1836: 35,000 1846: 125,000 What was the slave population by 1846? What percentage of the 1846 Texas population were slaves? 38,000; about 30% Describe three different types of work that slaves were expected to do in Texas. Most worked on farms and plantations (cotton, corn); some worked as skilled laborers (blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers); others worked on ranches (cattle, sheep) What was the main reason slave owners kept slaves and how did they justify this reason? Main reason = economic gain; slaveholders believed that cotton production depended on slave labor II. Jobs, Economic Development and Transportation in Texas (Ch. 13, Sect. 2 & 3) Describe how most Texans made their living in Texas (the primary occupation). Most were farmers, some were ranchers (raising livestock) What is the difference between a cash crop and subsistence crop? Cash crop = crop that was grown to be sold (a farming business) and Subsistence crop = a crop that was grown to feed one’s own family (part of their income) What was the main cash crop in Texas and what general areas produced this crop? Cotton was the main cash crop (corn was the main subsistence crop); it was grown generally in the fertile bottomlands of Texas’s rivers and on the sandy soils in East Texas hills Why did Texas towns and industries often develop near rivers? Towns and industries needed good water sources and be close enough to rivers for transporting people and goods (steamboats)
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: ______________ Unit 7 (Ch. 13 & 14) – Pioneer Life Q&A I. Population Growth and Slavery in Texas (Ch. 13, Sect. 1) What was the population of Texas in 1836 and 1846? 1836: 35,000 1846: 125,000 What was the slave population by 1846? What percentage of the 1846 Texas population were slaves? 38,000; about 30% Describe three different types of work that slaves were expected to do in Texas. Most worked on farms and plantations (cotton, corn); some worked as skilled laborers (blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers); others worked on ranches (cattle, sheep) What was the main reason slave owners kept slaves and how did they justify this reason? Main reason = economic gain; slaveholders believed that cotton production depended on slave labor II. Jobs, Economic Development and Transportation in Texas (Ch. 13, Sect. 2 & 3) Describe how most Texans made their living in Texas (the primary occupation). Most were farmers, some were ranchers (raising livestock) What is the difference between a cash crop and subsistence crop? Cash crop = crop that was grown to be sold (a farming business) and Subsistence crop = a crop that was grown to feed one’s own family (part of their income) What was the main cash crop in Texas and what general areas produced this crop? Cotton was the main cash crop (corn was the main subsistence crop); it was grown generally in the fertile bottomlands of Texas’s rivers and on the sandy soils in East Texas hills Why did Texas towns and industries often develop near rivers? Towns and industries needed good water sources and be close enough to rivers for transporting people and goods (steamboats)