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- 2. African-American troops who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
- 5. both a right and responsibility that we do to elect our leaders
- 6. Robert Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse ended this event
- 7. belief that the United States would stretch from east to west coasts
- 10. Texans voted to secede from the United States because they considered this vital to their economy
- 12. time period where many people were unemployed, homeless, and hungry and farmers had to waste unsold crops
- 14. these allowed farming and ranching in dry West Texas by pumping water out of the ground
- 15. section of Constitution that guarantees our individual freedoms, 1st 10 amendments
- 16. many freed slaves became _________, which caused them to continue to owe landowners money they couldn't repay
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- 1. period after the Civil War where the Southern states were rebuilt
- 3. Texas ______ Commission was used to regulate and control oil prices
- 4. largest discovery of oil near Beaumont, TX
- 6. Started after the Civil war, these trips were dangerous due to storms and stampedes
- 8. government programs to help the unemployed during the Great Depression
- 9. invention that kept cattle from destroying farmer's crops
- 11. holiday celebrating June 19th, 1865 when slaves in Texas learned their freedom
- 13. 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments gave this group of people freedoms