Unit 3 - 5th grade Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. the Riveter, Women who worked in factories during WWII.
  2. 5. Railroad, Trains that connected the eastern and western United States.
  3. 7. A system of government where people vote for leaders.
  4. 8. Crow Laws, Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
  5. 10. Code Talkers, Native American soldiers who used their language as code in WWII.
  6. 14. A farming system where workers rent land and pay with crops.
  7. 16. American Internment Camps, Camps where Japanese Americans were forced to live during WWII.
  8. 18. mills, Factories where cloth was produced.
  9. 19. gin, A machine that removed seeds from cotton quickly.
Down
  1. 1. People who move to a new country to live.
  2. 3. B. Anthony, A leader of the women’s suffrage movement.
  3. 4. T. Washington, An educator who believed job training would help African Americans succeed.
  4. 6. Lincoln, A leader who guided the U.S. through the Civil War.
  5. 8. Baker, A performer who became famous during the Harlem Renaissance.
  6. 9. A military invasion of France during World War II.
  7. 11. Canal, A canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  8. 12. famine, A food shortage in Ireland that caused mass immigration.
  9. 13. gardens, Gardens planted by citizens during wartime to grow food.
  10. 15. Depression, A global economic crisis beginning in 1929.
  11. 17. Hitler, The leader of Germany during World War II.