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

a. the number of large scale plantation farm increased
b. the number of tenant farmers increase
c. the number of farmers producing cotton decreased
d. the number of sharecroppers decreased
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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.

the completion of the erie canal spurred the first great westward movement of american settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the appalachians and made new york the preeminent commercial city in the united states.

the passage of a strict fugitive slave law