Texas History

2. The framework over an oil well
5. A person who urges or works for improvement and change
7. An economic pattern characterized by periods of economic growth and periods of economic decline
10. The right to vote
13. A thick, oily substance found deep in the Earth, used as a fuel
14. A prospector who digs exploratory oil wells
15. The economic development of manufacturing produced from natural resources
16. The careful use of natural resources to prevent them from being lost or wasted

1. The ability to read and write
3. The process of increasing human settlements in cities
4. In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
6. Make changes in something in order to improve it
8. A form of city government in which citizens elect officials to head departments
9. A building equipped to refine or process products such as oil, metals, or sugar
11. Those who advocate social reforms and legislative programs to improve society
12. To ban something, generally refers to the movement to man alcoholic beverages