Across
- 2. the granting of a pardon to a large number of persons
- 4. an extreme shortage of food
- 7. reward or payment
- 11. rancher, owner of a rancho
- 12. a device that used electric signals to send messages
- 13. to block off
- 15. unfair treatment
- 19. to formally join a military force
- 20. withdrawal
- 22. a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
- 23. official order
Down
- 1. ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West
- 3. the right to vote
- 5. plantation manager
- 6. to officially leave an organization
- 8. drinking little or no alcohol
- 9. An adventurer of the American West
- 10. farmer who owns a small farm
- 11. religious meeting
- 14. the side or edge of a military formation
- 16. refusal to give in
- 17. person who dies for a great cause
- 18. group of workers with the same trade or skill
- 20. a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer
- 21. the ability to read and write
- 23. a system of selecting people for required military service