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25 Cards in this Set
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El huracán
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hurricane
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la inundación
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flood
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llover (o➡ue)
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to rain
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la lluvia
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rain
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National Socialist German Workers' Party is also known as _____
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Nazi Party.
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Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact was an agreement between _____ and _____ to divide _____.
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Germany and Soviet Union, Poland
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Military officers in Japan thought Japan was destined to conquer ______
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East Asia.
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The Neutrality Act of 1939 said
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the United States could not sell weapons to other countries.
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The Lender Lease Act allowed the United States to sell weapons to Great Britain without
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Great Britain paying in cash.
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After Japanese aggression in East Asia, the United States decided to ban the selling of strategic materials to Japan that included _____ and _____.
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iron and oil
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______ ______ brought the United States into World War 2.
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Pearl Harbor
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The Nye Committee concluded that ________ _____ were responsible for American entry into World War 1.
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American Arms
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Because Roosevelt and Churchill did not think their countries were ready for a full scale invasion of Europe they decided to attack the edges of _______ Empire.
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German
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The key to victory at Midway included breaking the
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Japanese Navy's secret code.
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During the Battle of the Atlantic new technology allowed the allies to gain an advantage, which included _____, radar, and ________.
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sonar, deep charges
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Navajo soldiers were instrumental in helping the United States create a code that was unbreakable during World War 2. These code talkers used their Native Navajo language which had no written _______.
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alphabet
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Prior to World War 2, Hitler demanded numerous territories in Europe. Britain and France responded with a policy of ______.
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Appeasement
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Britain and France gave into Hitler's weaker Nazi regime prior to World War 2 because they thought the Nazi's would want _____ after they gained more territory.
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peace
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At the Munich Conference in 1938, Hitler demanded the _______.
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Sudentenland
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Fascists leaders (Mussolini and Hitler) portrayed fascism as a bulwark (protection) against _________.
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Communism
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During World War 2, the army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from ______.
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combat
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The Pittsburgh Courier and A. Phillip Randolph argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve victory over Hitler and over racism at home, in a campaign called _________.
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Double V
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The _________ industry was responsible for 1/3 of all American military equipment manufactured during World War 2.
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automobile
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Huge growth in cities in Southern California and the Deep South created an industrial region called the ______.
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sunbelt
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The ________ ended due to the mobilization of the economy and the creation of new jobs for World War 2.
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depression
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