Latino Contributions to U.S. History

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Across
  1. 4. Gabaldon earned the Navy ______ for his heroism during WW2
  2. 5. In 2012 Dolores Huerta was awarded the Presidential Medal of _______.
  3. 6. Gabaldon persuaded over 1,000 ______ soldiers to surrender
  4. 8. "Pied Piper of Saipan"
  5. 9. ___________ was a little Mexican-Puerto Rican American girl who was not allowed to attend a white school in California until 1946.
  6. 11. Hilda Solis, daughter of Mexican and Nicaraguan parents, served as the U.S. ____________ from 2009 to 2013.
  7. 13. During World War 2 he was a U.S. ______ of Mexican descent
  8. 15. The _______ grape strike brought national attention to the struggles of agricultural workers
Down
  1. 1. The case Mendez v. Westminster School opened the way for _____ v. Board of Education in 1954.
  2. 2. This program brought millions of Mexican laborers to work in U.S. agriculture and railroads
  3. 3. ________ Co-founded the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta in 1962
  4. 7. Solis championed worker _______, job training programs, and fair labor standards that benefited millions.
  5. 10. United Farm Workers fought for fair wages, safe working conditions, and union rights for _____ workers
  6. 12. __________ was the first Latina to achieve EGOT status.
  7. 14. Dolores ______ coined the phrase "Si Se Puede"