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17 Cards in this Set
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Name and describe the four types of farming:
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Subsistence: extra food grew enough to meet their families needs
Commercial: couldnt get supplies needed Tenant: rented small sections of plantations Sharecroppers: paying by work |
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List the concerns for cotton farmers:
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working with ex-slaves
boll weevils drought price of cotton |
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How did workers respond to the poor working condition?
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they formed a labor union
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List all industries thatbenefited from the R.R.:
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lumber
coal cattle agriculture |
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Explain the Knights of Labor:
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the nations largest labor union the people who were not allowed were prfessional people
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What did the cotton compressor do?
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reduced the size of a bail shipping cost went down
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Boll Weevil
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a bug that destroys crops
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Credit
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buy now, pay later
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Manufacturing
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to make by hand
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Mortage
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giving legal claim to property until the debt is paid
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Cycle of poverty
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being unable to pay off ones debt year after year
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script
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money issued by a company that could be spent only at the company store
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Labor Union
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association of workerswho try to gain better wages and work conditions
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Jay Gould
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he was a powerful R.R. owner
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John Henry Kirby
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helped make the lumbe industry the leading industry in T.X.
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strike
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employees stopping work until demands are met
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Explain how Tx towns were developed
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Tx towns were developed first with industry and transportation
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