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10 Cards in this Set
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Originally from the Midwest, Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby, assumes the occupation of a stockbroker in New York and leases a dilapidated mansion.
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2nd
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During his sojourn in New York, he encounters Jay Gatsby, an affluent and notorious criminal who hosts boisterous parties in his lavish residence.
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After Nick and Gatsby befriend each other, Gatsby discloses to Nick that he is infatuated with Daisy who rejects him due to his destitution in the past so he strives to accrue a prodigious fortune to win back her heart.
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4th
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However, Gatsby’s strenuous efforts to restore his romance with Daisy were futile and he eventually brings his relentless passion for Daisy with him to his grave.
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5th
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The year 1939 marked the dawn of World War II with the annexation of Poland by Nazi Germany; never before had the world undergone such a colossal armed conflict that spanned the entire globe and utilized numerous destructive new weapons.
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6th
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The war wrecked severe devastation on property and decimated populations of innocent civilians in countless nations; the massacres of Chinese nationals by Japan and Allied bombardments of civilian targets in German and Japanese cities all contributed to the carnage.
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7th
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Unsurprisingly, historians now extrapolate that fifty million people had perished in history’s most catastrophic war: World War II.
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8th
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In 2002, the US Congress passed a resolution that authorized the US military to enforce embargos on Iraq and shield her national security from the persistent threat posed by Saddam’s regime.
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9th
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Thus in March 2003, the United States declared war on Iraq, with President Bush asserting that the invasion aimed to disarm Iraq and liberate its people; 250,000 US troops, bolstered by the armies of America’s allies, proceeded to encroach on Iraqi territory.
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10th/11th
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After announcing that their forces had prevailed in Iraq, US government officials promised to terminate all Iraqi major combat operations, but US troops remain entangled in Iraq’s conflicts and the nation continues to incur massive financial debts from the war.
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