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