Immigrants Arrive

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Across
  1. 4. The _____ left Texas for Mexico in 1842, but conducted destructive raids into Texas until the 1870s.
  2. 6. Norwegian settlement in Henderson County called Normandy that later its name was changed to _______.
  3. 8. _____immigrants were among the first Europeans to come to Texas.
  4. 11. largest group in Texas before the Civil War.
  5. 13. Before the Civil War, some enslaved African Americans escaped and went to _________.
  6. 14. The _____ settled in the southeastern part of Texas and maintained good relations with Anglo Americans.
  7. 16. In 1845, a terrible famine occurred in _____, leading hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes and immigrate to Texas and elsewhere in the United States.
Down
  1. 1. wrote letters to friends in Germany praising Texas
  2. 2. considered to be the first Polish American community in the United States.
  3. 3. _____came with Lesikar were farmers looking for good land.
  4. 5. In 1845, settlers from _____ founded a settlement in Texas called Normandy
  5. 7. between US and Mexico shifted the border of Texas.
  6. 9. According to the national census of 1850, nearly three out of every four households in Texas consisted of families from _______.
  7. 10. The largest group of European immigrants to come to Texas.
  8. 12. an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
  9. 15. Many Mexican Texans faced hostility and discrimination because of the competition for _____.