Question 1

Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in August 1939

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A)  Britain and France signed a similar agreement. 
B)  the Soviets attacked China. 
C)  Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. 
D)  Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets. 
E)  the Germans invaded Finland. 
A)  Britain and France signed a similar agreement. 
B)  the Soviets attacked China. 
C)  Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. 
D)  Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets. 
E)  the Germans invaded Finland.

Question 2

Those opposed to the Lend-Lease program, such as members of America First Committee, were PRIMARILY motivated by a fear that

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A)  the countries borrowing funds of America to purchase arms and material would default on their debt. 
B)  America's strict neutrality in the European war had been breached. 
C)  Lend-Lease would eventually draw the nation into the war itself. 
D)  the program would become rife with corruption and cronyism. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  the countries borrowing funds of America to purchase arms and material would default on their debt. 
B)  America's strict neutrality in the European war had been breached. 
C)  Lend-Lease would eventually draw the nation into the war itself. 
D)  the program would become rife with corruption and cronyism. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Francisco Franco.

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Fascist general and

Question 4

Explain how, in the 1930s, "the American people were overwhelmingly anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler... but they were desperately determined to stay out [of war]."

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In the 1930s, the American people were o

Question 5

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was

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A)  motivated by treaty obligations. 
B)  providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms and assistance necessary to assure a smooth transition to political independence. 
C)  acknowledging the view of the U.S. Navy that the islands were militarily indefensible. 
D)  providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists who eyed the Philippines as a target for their imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific. 
E)  acknowledging an official U.S. government apology for America's imperialist takeover of the islands in 1898. 
A)  motivated by treaty obligations. 
B)  providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms and assistance necessary to assure a smooth transition to political independence. 
C)  acknowledging the view of the U.S. Navy that the islands were militarily indefensible. 
D)  providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists who eyed the Philippines as a target for their imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific. 
E)  acknowledging an official U.S. government apology for America's imperialist takeover of the islands in 1898.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of fascism.

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A philosophy of gove

Question 7

Which of the following nations was NOT conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?

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A)  Norway 
B)  the Netherlands 
C)  France 
D)  Poland 
E)  Finland 
A)  Norway 
B)  the Netherlands 
C)  France 
D)  Poland 
E)  Finland

Question 8

As a result of Franklin Roosevelt's withdrawal from the London Economic Conference

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A)  inflation in the United States was reduced. 
B)  the United States was voted out of the League of Nations. 
C)  tensions rose between the United States and Britain. 
D)  the United States began to pull out of the Depression. 
E)  the trend toward extreme nationalism was strengthened. 
A)  inflation in the United States was reduced. 
B)  the United States was voted out of the League of Nations. 
C)  tensions rose between the United States and Britain. 
D)  the United States began to pull out of the Depression. 
E)  the trend toward extreme nationalism was strengthened.

Question 9

By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to

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A)  prohibit excessive profits from being made off of arms sales to foreign countries. 
B)  limit a president to two terms. 
C)  remove the power to declare from the Congress and grant it to the president. 
D)  require the president to gain Congressional approval before sending U.S. troops overseas. 
E)  forbid a declaration of war by Congress unless first approved by a popular referendum. 
A)  prohibit excessive profits from being made off of arms sales to foreign countries. 
B)  limit a president to two terms. 
C)  remove the power to declare from the Congress and grant it to the president. 
D)  require the president to gain Congressional approval before sending U.S. troops overseas. 
E)  forbid a declaration of war by Congress unless first approved by a popular referendum.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Johnson Debt Default Act.

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An act of Congress preventing

Question 11

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, and (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty.

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A)  A, C, B 
B)  B, C, A 
C)  C, B, A 
D)  C, A, B 
E)  A, B, C 
A)  A, C, B 
B)  B, C, A 
C)  C, B, A 
D)  C, A, B 
E)  A, B, C

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of appeasement.

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The failed policy of

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the London Economic Conference.

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A conference in 1933 through w

Question 14

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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A)  Wendell L. Willkie. 
B)  Robert A. Taft. 
C)  Thomas E. Dewey. 
D)  Alfred E. Landon. 
E)  Charles A. Lindbergh. 
A)  Wendell L. Willkie. 
B)  Robert A. Taft. 
C)  Thomas E. Dewey. 
D)  Alfred E. Landon. 
E)  Charles A. Lindbergh.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of "Quarantine Speech".

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Roosevelt's speech arguing to

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the Nazi-Soviet pact (Hitler-Stalin pact).

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An agreement between Hitler an

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the St. Louis.

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A ship that carried

Question 18

In September 1938, at the Munich Conference,

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A)  Britain and France consented to Germany forcibly acquiring the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise by Hitler to renounce any further German territorial claims on Europe. 
B)  Hitler declared his intention to take Austria. 
C)  Hitler signed the Axis Alliance Treaty with Japan. 
D)  Britain and France acquiesced to the German reoccupation of the Rhineland. 
E)  the leaders of Britain and France were determined not to cede additional European lands to Hitler. 
A)  Britain and France consented to Germany forcibly acquiring the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise by Hitler to renounce any further German territorial claims on Europe. 
B)  Hitler declared his intention to take Austria. 
C)  Hitler signed the Axis Alliance Treaty with Japan. 
D)  Britain and France acquiesced to the German reoccupation of the Rhineland. 
E)  the leaders of Britain and France were determined not to cede additional European lands to Hitler.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of totalitarianism.

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A political philosophy that di

Question 20

Congress's first response to the unexpected fall of France in 1940 was to

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A)  revoke all the neutrality laws. 
B)  expand naval patrols in the Atlantic. 
C)  enact a new neutrality law enabling the Allies to buy American war materials on a cash-and-carry basis. 
D)  call for the quarantining of aggressor nations. 
E)  pass a conscription law. 
A)  revoke all the neutrality laws. 
B)  expand naval patrols in the Atlantic. 
C)  enact a new neutrality law enabling the Allies to buy American war materials on a cash-and-carry basis. 
D)  call for the quarantining of aggressor nations. 
E)  pass a conscription law.

Exam 32: Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in August 1939

Those opposed to the Lend-Lease program, such as members of America First Committee, were PRIMARILY motivated by a fear that

Identify and state the historical significance of Francisco Franco.

Explain how, in the 1930s, "the American people were overwhelmingly anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler... but they were desperately determined to stay out [of war]."

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was

Identify and state the historical significance of fascism.

Which of the following nations was NOT conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?

As a result of Franklin Roosevelt's withdrawal from the London Economic Conference

By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to

Identify and state the historical significance of the Johnson Debt Default Act.

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, and (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty.

Identify and state the historical significance of appeasement.

Identify and state the historical significance of the London Economic Conference.

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

Identify and state the historical significance of "Quarantine Speech".

Identify and state the historical significance of the Nazi-Soviet pact (Hitler-Stalin pact).

Identify and state the historical significance of the St. Louis.

In September 1938, at the Munich Conference,

Identify and state the historical significance of totalitarianism.

Congress's first response to the unexpected fall of France in 1940 was to

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