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Across 3. The time period after the war the Southern States' cities, economies, and governments were rebuilt. 5. The government principle that states that people have rights that the government can not take away from them. 8. The main food source for the Plains tribes of Texas. 10. The invention that helped people moved west and also eliminated the need for cowboys. 13. A contractor who sold Texas land for Mexico to Anglo-American settlers. 15. The President of Texas who wanted to annex to the US and have peace with the Natives. 17. The Spanish explorer who first mapped the Texas coast in 1519. 19. The Spanish explorer who got lost and lived for 9 years with the Texas Natives. 20. The location where Texan defenders all died fighting Santa Ana and the Mexican Army. 21. When two empresarios tried to rebel against Mexico and make Texas independent. 23. The time period in America where the banks collapsed and many people lost their jobs. 24. Spain built these to convert the natives and slowly control Texas. 26. The government principle that states that power is shared between State and Federal government. 27. A method to bring water for farming into drier areas. 28. The major battle of the Civil War where the South was stopped from invading the North; the South lost too many soldiers to continue the war.

Down 1. The war between the US and Mexico where Mexico lost about 33% of its territory. 2. A strategy used by the US to weaken the South by using warships to block off incoming supplies. 4. The government principle that states that the people can change their government. 6. The President of Texas who wanted to keep Texas independent and to exile the Natives. 7. The name of the hill in Beaumont, TX where one of the largest oil fields in the world was discovered. 9. The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire and built Mexico City. 11. The government principle that states that government has to follow the rules in the constitution. 12. Individuals who wanted to abolish, or get rid of, slavery. 14. The location where the final battle of the Texas Revolution was fought and Santa Ana was captured 16. The belief that America would control all the lands between from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. 18. The invention that helped famers keep out cattle from their fields and also helped close the frontier in Texas. 22. The name given to the massive dust storms that were created by overplanting and a drought in the Great Plains. 25. The act of withdrawing from or leaving a country or group.