Across
- 2. Led a force of 700 Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne against buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, TX in 1874.
- 4. This plan was a big failure.
- 5. This was signed on the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month to end WWI.
- 8. This happened to 300,000 Texans during the Great Depression.
- 9. These farmers were forced to find work in other states during the Dust Bowl.
- 12. The methods of herding cattle on the open range of Texas was influenced by them.
- 14. This industry became a major export and was used to construct businesses, homes, and schools.
- 15. Spindletop helped change Texas from a rural (country) to an ___________ (city) state.
- 17. Oil discovered in 1901.
- 18. Oil and railroad industries used these cars to transport oil from Texas.
Down
- 1. African American soldiers who protected many frontier forts.
- 3. This coded message was intercepted and gave the U.S. a reason to declare war on Germany.
- 4. Galveston adapted to its environment after the 1900 storm by raising the island and building this.
- 6. The Civilian Conservation Corps was designed to ensure that this went to people who needed it.
- 7. Texas avoided problems in the early days of the Great Depression due to the oil industry, farming, and _______________.
- 10. The innovations of wind mills, barbed wire, sod houses, and steel plows were used by this industry.
- 11. This ship was sunk by Germans on May 7, 1915.
- 13. Shares of ownership in a business.
- 16. An cycle in the economy when workers are employed and production increases due to demand.