Texas History

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Across
  1. 3. 1900 hurricane killed 10,000 people
  2. 6. one country forcibly taking over another is called
  3. 8. showed people owned cattle
  4. 9. a formal agreement between two nations
  5. 10. fierce tropical storm with winds of 74mph
  6. 11. this branch carries out laws
  7. 13. person who wanted to end slavery
  8. 17. where anglo settlers abandoned their homes
  9. 18. to withdraw from something, like a country
  10. 19. Spanish cowboys
  11. 22. people who work in the oil field
  12. 23. people who took great risk drilling for oil
  13. 24. more products are available than in demand
  14. 25. believe that the US had the duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean
  15. 28. invention that created demand for oil
  16. 29. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  17. 30. Branch of Government that oversees the courts
  18. 31. public land that the state owned, where cattle grazed
  19. 32. to isolate or separate to prevent the spread of disease
  20. 35. oily liquid found in the earth
  21. 37. granting land from one country to another
  22. 38. formal changes to a document
  23. 39. battle where "Come and Take It" flag was flown
Down
  1. 1. biggest cash crop after cotton
  2. 2. legislature that has two houses
  3. 4. inventor of the cotton gin
  4. 5. president of US during Civil war
  5. 7. the river Mexico believed was the border prior to Mexican war
  6. 12. to prevent the passage of a law
  7. 14. body of land protecting coast from large body of water
  8. 15. this branch interprets the laws
  9. 16. what Texas border was set by the Compromise of 1850
  10. 18. president of Mexico
  11. 20. compared to land in the US, land in Texas was
  12. 21. artificial way to supply land with water
  13. 26. farmer who works someone elses land and shares crops with them
  14. 27. where Texas won their independence
  15. 33. closing of port by positioning ships to keep people and supplies from coming in or out
  16. 34. City near Spindletop
  17. 36. area of domestic policy Lamar wanted to improve
  18. 37. Main cash crop in Texas