Texas History Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Depression | a period of low economic activity and high unemployment |
reservations | land set aside by the government for use by Native Americans |
interest | the price for the use of borrowed money |
strike | a work stoppage to force an employer to meet certain demands |
irrigation | an artificial way to supply water to land |
secede | to withdraw from something, such as a nation |
abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery |
economy | the process or system by which good and services are produced, sold and bought in a country or region |
unionist | people loyal to the Union during the American Civil War |
reconstruction | the federal government's plan to restore the South to the Union after the Civil War |
Amendment | formal changes to a document |
suffrage | The right to vote |
neutral | not taking a side |
centennial | the festival in 1936 marking 100 years since Texas had declared its freedom from Mexico |
drought | long periods in which rain falls at a much lower rate than usual and may cause severe damage to crops |
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