Mexican Americans & WW2

12345678910
Across
  1. 5. a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat
  2. 6. a person who works on or controls a boat or ship as part of the crew.
  3. 9. term for a Mexican American "punk"
  4. 10. A Mexican American organization that began by highlighting Mexican American patriotism and achievement in WW2 and then evolved into a civil rights organization.
Down
  1. 1. permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts.
  2. 2. A 1949 court case that argued that an Arizona school district was segregating Mexican schools.
  3. 3. Mexican American Army veteran and WW2 war hero who was involved in assault and battery case after he was refused coffee at a Virginia restaurant.
  4. 4. a series of conflicts that occurred between white U.S. servicemen and young Mexican Americans in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California.
  5. 7. Mexican American women who wore zoot suits during World War II
  6. 8. second most populated city in the United States