Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Japanese militarism and the "China incident" of 1937.

Accepted Answer

Japanese military action again

Question 2

Throughout most of the 1930s, majorities of the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by

Accepted Answer

A)  pressuring President Roosevelt to provide American military aid to the victims of fascist aggression. 
B)  giving generous economic and humanitarian help to the victims of fascist aggression. 
C)  advocating the U.S. sign a mutual military defense agreement with Great Britain and France. 
D)  demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations. 
E)  retreating further into isolationism. 
A)  pressuring President Roosevelt to provide American military aid to the victims of fascist aggression. 
B)  giving generous economic and humanitarian help to the victims of fascist aggression. 
C)  advocating the U.S. sign a mutual military defense agreement with Great Britain and France. 
D)  demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations. 
E)  retreating further into isolationism.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Britain.

Accepted Answer

Air fight over the B

Question 4

Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the United States resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  abandonment of the traditional policy of freedom of the seas. 
B)  a decline in the Navy and other armed forces. 
C)  making no distinction between aggressors and victims. 
D)  spurring aggressors along their path of conquest. 
E)  balancing the geopolitical and economic scales between fascist nations and U.S. democratic allies by prohibiting the United States from trading with either group of nations. 
A)  abandonment of the traditional policy of freedom of the seas. 
B)  a decline in the Navy and other armed forces. 
C)  making no distinction between aggressors and victims. 
D)  spurring aggressors along their path of conquest. 
E)  balancing the geopolitical and economic scales between fascist nations and U.S. democratic allies by prohibiting the United States from trading with either group of nations.

Question 5

It is a common observation that American foreign policy often reflects domestic politics. In what way did domestic considerations influence the Roosevelt administration's recognition of the Soviet Union, adoption of a Good Neighbor policy, and extension of independence to the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

The Roosevelt administration's recogniti

Question 6

After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk in the fall of 1941

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. 
B)  the U.S. Navy stopped escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments. 
C)  Congress prohibited the arming of U.S. merchant vessels. 
D)  Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. 
E)  Congress voted to weaken substantially the terms of the Neutrality Act of 1939 to permit armed merchant ship to deliver munitions to Britain. 
A)  Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. 
B)  the U.S. Navy stopped escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments. 
C)  Congress prohibited the arming of U.S. merchant vessels. 
D)  Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. 
E)  Congress voted to weaken substantially the terms of the Neutrality Act of 1939 to permit armed merchant ship to deliver munitions to Britain.

Question 7

The text states that the ultimate cause of America's entry into World War II was the fact that it pursued policies in both Europe and Asia that invited retaliation. Do you agree with the authors' assessment of why America ultimately entered World War II? If not, why not? If so, what were those policies, and why were Americans willing to risk war to uphold them?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the authors' assessment tha

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the Rome-Berlin axis.

Accepted Answer

The cooperation betw

Question 9

Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____, Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt; France; Poland 
B)  Albania; Italy; Austria 
C)  Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain 
D)  Belgium; the Soviet Union; France 
E)  Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal 
A)  Egypt; France; Poland 
B)  Albania; Italy; Austria 
C)  Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain 
D)  Belgium; the Soviet Union; France 
E)  Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Winston Churchill.

Accepted Answer

WWII leader of Great

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Josef Goebbels.

Accepted Answer

Minister of propagan

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of George Gallup.

Accepted Answer

Founder of the Ameri

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Lindbergh.

Accepted Answer

Aviator and speechma

Question 14

The 1941 Lend-Lease program was all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists. 
B)  a direct challenge to the Axis dictators. 
C)  the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned. 
D)  the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all-out war production. 
E)  another privately arranged executive deal between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, like the destroyers-for-bases trade. 
A)  a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists. 
B)  a direct challenge to the Axis dictators. 
C)  the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned. 
D)  the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all-out war production. 
E)  another privately arranged executive deal between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, like the destroyers-for-bases trade.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the War Refugee Board.

Accepted Answer

Board created by Roo

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the Holocaust.

Accepted Answer

The attempted genoci

Question 17

In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist attacks, President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A)  publicly denounced him only after he attacked General George Marshall. 
B)  quietly encouraged him to continue his attacks on Democrats. 
C)  publicly opposed his ruthless tactics but privately enjoyed his personal charm. 
D)  declined to confront the senator's irresponsible accusations of communism against upstanding and loyal government officials, effectively allowing him to control personnel policy at the State Department. 
E)  privately supported him but publicly kept his distance. 
A)  publicly denounced him only after he attacked General George Marshall. 
B)  quietly encouraged him to continue his attacks on Democrats. 
C)  publicly opposed his ruthless tactics but privately enjoyed his personal charm. 
D)  declined to confront the senator's irresponsible accusations of communism against upstanding and loyal government officials, effectively allowing him to control personnel policy at the State Department. 
E)  privately supported him but publicly kept his distance.

Question 18

In 1940, Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions among the American people when he

Accepted Answer

A)  avoided attacking the New Deal. 
B)  refused to raise the racial issue. 
C)  declined to criticize Roosevelt for seeking a third term. 
D)  avoided attacking the draft. 
E)  avoided attacking Roosevelt for his increasingly interventionist policies. 
A)  avoided attacking the New Deal. 
B)  refused to raise the racial issue. 
C)  declined to criticize Roosevelt for seeking a third term. 
D)  avoided attacking the draft. 
E)  avoided attacking Roosevelt for his increasingly interventionist policies.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of isolationism.

Accepted Answer

A political philosophy that pr

Question 20

America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies came to an end when

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. 
B)  Germany attacked Poland. 
C)  the conscription law was passed in 1940. 
D)  France fell to Germany. 
E)  Italy "stabbed France in the back." 
A)  Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. 
B)  Germany attacked Poland. 
C)  the conscription law was passed in 1940. 
D)  France fell to Germany. 
E)  Italy "stabbed France in the back."

Exam 32: Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

Identify and state the historical significance of Japanese militarism and the "China incident" of 1937.

Throughout most of the 1930s, majorities of the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Britain.

Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the United States resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

It is a common observation that American foreign policy often reflects domestic politics. In what way did domestic considerations influence the Roosevelt administration's recognition of the Soviet Union, adoption of a Good Neighbor policy, and extension of independence to the Philippines?

After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk in the fall of 1941

Identify and state the historical significance of the Rome-Berlin axis.

Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____, Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.

Identify and state the historical significance of Winston Churchill.

Identify and state the historical significance of Josef Goebbels.

Identify and state the historical significance of George Gallup.

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Lindbergh.

The 1941 Lend-Lease program was all of the following EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of the War Refugee Board.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Holocaust.

In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist attacks, President Eisenhower

In 1940, Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions among the American people when he

Identify and state the historical significance of isolationism.

America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies came to an end when

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