TX History Native People and Geopgraphy of Texas to Age of Oil and Progressive Era

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Across
  1. 3. Native group that lived in the Piney Woods of East Texas
  2. 6. Announcement in Texas that freed enslaved people on June 19, 1865
  3. 7. Invention that ended the open range by closing off land
  4. 8. Natural feature that cuts through mountains, often made by a river
  5. 11. Largest natural and most developed region in Texas
  6. 13. Battle where Texans were defeated but inspired others to fight
  7. 15. The study of how people use and change the environment
  8. 17. The region of Texas that is the most undeveloped. Hint:_____________________ and Basin
  9. 19. _________ de Vaca Spanish explorer shipwrecked in Texas who wrote about Native cultures
  10. 20. 1901 oil strike that began the Texas oil boom
Down
  1. 1. What is the Capital of Texas?
  2. 2. Transportation system that helped Texas cities grow
  3. 3. The side Texas fought on during the Civil War
  4. 4. Machine that made cotton cleaning faster, increasing production
  5. 5. Military fort built by the Spanish to protect missions
  6. 9. Religion the Spanish wanted Native Americans to convert to
  7. 10. Rivers that forms the border between Texas and Mexico
  8. 11. Native group from South Texas known for making tools from bones and shells
  9. 12. Native group who lived in the Gulf Coast, known for being nomadic and fishing
  10. 14. French explorer who accidentally landed in Texas
  11. 16. Massacre where Fannin and his men were executed
  12. 18. Native group from West Texas deserts, known for using irrigation