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14 Cards in this Set
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meeting between british french and german leaders in which germany was given control of the Sudetenland in exchange for Hitler's promise to make no more claims on european territory
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Munich Conference
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british politician outragedby the act of appeasement
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Winston Churchill
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a war tactic meaning "lightning war"
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Blitzkrieg
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fortified line of defences that France built along its border with Germany after WWI
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Maginot Line
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battle fought between British and German air forces for control of the skies over Great Britain
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Battle of Britian
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law that allowed the US to loan weapons and other war supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union
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Lend-Lease Act
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German U-boats sank many Allied cargo ships In response the Allies organized their cargo ships into convoys or protective groups
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Battle of the Atlantic
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pledge signed by US president Roosevelt and british primeminister Winston Churchill to work for peace after WWII
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Atlantic Charter
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mexican workers authorized by the US gov. to enter the US during WWII
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Braceros
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attacks by US sailors against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
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Zoot-Suit Riots *riot!* :)
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forced relocation and inprisonment of people
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internment
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first peacetime draft in US history
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Selective Training and Service Act
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WWII agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production
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War Production Board
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comitee created during WWI to prevent discrimination in war industries and gov. jobs
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Fair Employment Practices Comitee FEPC
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