Battle of the Alamo

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. A city of south central Texas (10)
  2. 8. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American (plural) (6)
  3. 9. An army unit that uses big guns (9)
  4. 12. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  5. 13. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  6. 14. The ___ forces of a nation (8)
  7. 15. The second largest state (5)
  8. 16. A ___ officer of the highest rank (7)

Down

  1. 1. An organization of ___ in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (7)
  2. 2. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch (8)
  3. 3. Country south of the USA known for tacos (6)
  4. 4. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above (7)
  5. 5. The successful ending of the American Revolution (12)
  6. 7. Armed fighting between countries (3)
  7. 10. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (10)
  8. 11. A native or inhabitant of ___ (plural) (8)