Mexican Americans & WW2

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Across
  1. 2. 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
  2. 7. a 1949 court case that argued that an Arizona school district was segregating Mexican schools.
  3. 9. a series of conflicts that occurred between white U.S. servicemen and young Mexican Americans in June 1943 in Los Angeles, california.
  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. Mexican American women who wore Zoot suits during world war 2
  2. 3. term for a Mexican American “punk”
  3. 4. a mens suit with high waisted, wide legged, tight cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat
  4. 5. second most populated city in the United States
  5. 6. a person who works on or controls a boat or ship as part of the crew
  6. 8. of 1942 permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short term labor contracts