Question 1

In the aftermath of the 1938 Munich crisis, President Roosevelt

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A)  refused a French request to buy bombers from the United States. 
B)  publicly condemned the appeasement of Hitler by Great Britain and France. 
C)  requested that Congress appropriate funds to build up the U.S. air force. 
D)  requested that Congress pass a resolution allowing him to use any means necessary to stop German aggression. 
A)  refused a French request to buy bombers from the United States. 
B)  publicly condemned the appeasement of Hitler by Great Britain and France. 
C)  requested that Congress appropriate funds to build up the U.S. air force. 
D)  requested that Congress pass a resolution allowing him to use any means necessary to stop German aggression. C

Question 2

Which of the following was true of the conduct of the United States under the Good Neighbor policy?

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A)  It did not provide support for military dictators in Latin America. 
B)  It provided substantial economic assistance for industrial development in Latin America. 
C)  It no longer intervened militarily in Latin America. 
D)  It was less blatant in its domination of Latin America. 
A)  It did not provide support for military dictators in Latin America. 
B)  It provided substantial economic assistance for industrial development in Latin America. 
C)  It no longer intervened militarily in Latin America. 
D)  It was less blatant in its domination of Latin America. D

Question 3

Which of the following was a feature of the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s?

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A)  The president had the authority to sell arms to nations engaged in a defensive struggle against an aggressor nation. 
B)  All trade with nations declared to be belligerents was prohibited. 
C)  Arms sales and loans to belligerents were forbidden. 
D)  Belligerent nations had to post a monetary bond to insure American ships carrying trade items to them. 
A)  The president had the authority to sell arms to nations engaged in a defensive struggle against an aggressor nation. 
B)  All trade with nations declared to be belligerents was prohibited. 
C)  Arms sales and loans to belligerents were forbidden. 
D)  Belligerent nations had to post a monetary bond to insure American ships carrying trade items to them. C

Question 4

Which of the following was a consequence of the loss of the destroyer Reuben James?

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A)  After considerable debate, Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany. 
B)  Congress approved a revision of the Neutrality Acts to permit the transport of munitions to England on armed American merchant ships. 
C)  The United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany. 
D)  By joint resolution, Congress ended the use of American naval vessels to convoy British merchant ships carrying munitions. 
A)  After considerable debate, Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany. 
B)  Congress approved a revision of the Neutrality Acts to permit the transport of munitions to England on armed American merchant ships. 
C)  The United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany. 
D)  By joint resolution, Congress ended the use of American naval vessels to convoy British merchant ships carrying munitions.

Question 5

Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the president had the power to

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A)  reduce American tariffs through special agreements with other nations. 
B)  participate in economic conferences and agreements sponsored by the League of Nations. 
C)  join international economic boycotts against nations engaging in aggression. 
D)  authorize American companies to enter into binding trade agreements with foreign companies. 
A)  reduce American tariffs through special agreements with other nations. 
B)  participate in economic conferences and agreements sponsored by the League of Nations. 
C)  join international economic boycotts against nations engaging in aggression. 
D)  authorize American companies to enter into binding trade agreements with foreign companies.

Question 6

President Roosevelt approved diplomatic recognition of the Soviet government because he

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A)  had a lifelong fascination with Russian history and culture. 
B)  believed that such an act would prevent Stalin from entering into an alliance with Nazi Germany. 
C)  gave in to the adamant demands of left-wingers and Communist sympathizers within the Democratic party. 
D)  hoped that strengthened relations with the Soviet Union would deter Japanese expansion. 
A)  had a lifelong fascination with Russian history and culture. 
B)  believed that such an act would prevent Stalin from entering into an alliance with Nazi Germany. 
C)  gave in to the adamant demands of left-wingers and Communist sympathizers within the Democratic party. 
D)  hoped that strengthened relations with the Soviet Union would deter Japanese expansion.

Question 7

Both the Webb-Pomerene Act of 1918 and the Edge Act of 1919 indicated which of the following?

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A)  The United States government encouraged foreign economic expansion. 
B)  Congress feared that foreign investments would destabilize American foreign policy. 
C)  Congress fostered arms sales to European nations. 
D)  The United States gradually moved toward elimination of all tariffs. 
A)  The United States government encouraged foreign economic expansion. 
B)  Congress feared that foreign investments would destabilize American foreign policy. 
C)  Congress fostered arms sales to European nations. 
D)  The United States gradually moved toward elimination of all tariffs.

Question 8

Which of the following was a consequence of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?

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A)  It made it easier for Europeans to sell their goods in the United States. 
B)  It led other nations to raise their tariff rates against American imports. 
C)  It stimulated trade in the Western Hemisphere by creating a free-trade zone throughout the Americas. 
D)  It encouraged European nations to eliminate tariff barriers and to create a free-trade zone throughout Europe. 
A)  It made it easier for Europeans to sell their goods in the United States. 
B)  It led other nations to raise their tariff rates against American imports. 
C)  It stimulated trade in the Western Hemisphere by creating a free-trade zone throughout the Americas. 
D)  It encouraged European nations to eliminate tariff barriers and to create a free-trade zone throughout Europe.

Question 9

Upon learning of Kristallnacht, President Roosevelt

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A)  recalled the United States ambassador to Germany. 
B)  broke trade relations with Germany. 
C)  called upon Congress to loosen the United States tough immigration-restriction laws. 
D)  signed an executive order to admit into the United States all German children attempting to escape Nazi Germany. 
A)  recalled the United States ambassador to Germany. 
B)  broke trade relations with Germany. 
C)  called upon Congress to loosen the United States tough immigration-restriction laws. 
D)  signed an executive order to admit into the United States all German children attempting to escape Nazi Germany.

Question 10

In a speech delivered in August 1936 at Chautauqua, New York, President Roosevelt

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A)  pledged that the United States would act to prevent German aggression. 
B)  called upon Congress to appropriate money for a major U.S. defense buildup. 
C)  stood strongly against the Munich accord. 
D)  promised that the United States would not become entangled in the conflict in Europe. 
A)  pledged that the United States would act to prevent German aggression. 
B)  called upon Congress to appropriate money for a major U.S. defense buildup. 
C)  stood strongly against the Munich accord. 
D)  promised that the United States would not become entangled in the conflict in Europe.

Question 11

Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because of

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A)  German intervention in the Spanish Civil War. 
B)  German aggression in the Rhineland. 
C)  Germany's invasion of Ethiopia. 
D)  Germany's attack on Poland. 
A)  German intervention in the Spanish Civil War. 
B)  German aggression in the Rhineland. 
C)  Germany's invasion of Ethiopia. 
D)  Germany's attack on Poland.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the foreign policy of independent internationalism?

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A)  The United States seeks total isolation from international affairs. 
B)  The United States wants to be active on a global scale but retain its independence of action. 
C)  The United States wants to become involved in various mutual security arrangements. 
D)  The United States will support all decisions made by the League of Nations. 
A)  The United States seeks total isolation from international affairs. 
B)  The United States wants to be active on a global scale but retain its independence of action. 
C)  The United States wants to become involved in various mutual security arrangements. 
D)  The United States will support all decisions made by the League of Nations.

Question 13

President Roosevelt responded to the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in July 1941 by

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A)  adopting a wait-and-see attitude. 
B)  freezing Japanese assets in the United States. 
C)  sending American troops to Thailand. 
D)  breaking diplomatic relations with the Japanese. 
A)  adopting a wait-and-see attitude. 
B)  freezing Japanese assets in the United States. 
C)  sending American troops to Thailand. 
D)  breaking diplomatic relations with the Japanese.

Question 14

Isolationist thought in the United States in the 1930s was

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A)  most powerful in the Northeast. 
B)  largely confined to conservatives. 
C)  the majority opinion in the nation. 
D)  greatest among the less educated. 
A)  most powerful in the Northeast. 
B)  largely confined to conservatives. 
C)  the majority opinion in the nation. 
D)  greatest among the less educated.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the agreements reached at the Washington Naval Conference?

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A)  Nations with possessions in the Pacific were allowed to build new fortifications. 
B)  Japan was allowed to develop a navy larger than that of Great Britain. 
C)  No mention was made of the Open Door policy. 
D)  The three naval-armaments treaties that came out of the conference placed no limits on submarines, destroyers, or cruisers. 
A)  Nations with possessions in the Pacific were allowed to build new fortifications. 
B)  Japan was allowed to develop a navy larger than that of Great Britain. 
C)  No mention was made of the Open Door policy. 
D)  The three naval-armaments treaties that came out of the conference placed no limits on submarines, destroyers, or cruisers.

Question 16

In a secret protocol attached to the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact,

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A)  the Soviet Union pledged to wage war against Great Britain in the event of a British declaration of war against Germany 
B)  the Soviet Union was allowed to take the eastern half of Poland. 
C)  Hitler agreed to turn over the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union. 
D)  Germany was allowed to take Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. 
A)  the Soviet Union pledged to wage war against Great Britain in the event of a British declaration of war against Germany 
B)  the Soviet Union was allowed to take the eastern half of Poland. 
C)  Hitler agreed to turn over the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union. 
D)  Germany was allowed to take Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.

Question 17

As part of the Good Neighbor policy, President Roosevelt

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A)  agreed to vacate the U.S. naval base in Cuba. 
B)  encouraged Latin American countries to confiscate all foreign assets. 
C)  joined other pan-American nations in pledging that no nation in the Western hemisphere would intervene in the affairs of any other nation. 
D)  agreed to reschedule the debts owed by Latin American countries to American banks. 
A)  agreed to vacate the U.S. naval base in Cuba. 
B)  encouraged Latin American countries to confiscate all foreign assets. 
C)  joined other pan-American nations in pledging that no nation in the Western hemisphere would intervene in the affairs of any other nation. 
D)  agreed to reschedule the debts owed by Latin American countries to American banks.

Question 18

President Roosevelt described which of the following as "a date which will live in infamy?"

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A)  The date on which the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 
B)  The date on which the British and the French allowed Hitler to take the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia 
C)  The date on which the Japanese army seized Manchuria 
D)  The date on which Italy attacked Ethiopia 
A)  The date on which the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 
B)  The date on which the British and the French allowed Hitler to take the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia 
C)  The date on which the Japanese army seized Manchuria 
D)  The date on which Italy attacked Ethiopia

Question 19

In 1932, Secretary of State Henry Stimson recognized that Japanese incursions into China were analogous to

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A)  Austria-Hungary's conduct prior to the First World War. 
B)  Germany's takeover of Poland. 
C)  Soviet conduct in eastern Europe. 
D)  the military policy of the United States in Latin America. 
A)  Austria-Hungary's conduct prior to the First World War. 
B)  Germany's takeover of Poland. 
C)  Soviet conduct in eastern Europe. 
D)  the military policy of the United States in Latin America.

Question 20

Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of United States foreign policy during the 1920s is correct?

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A)  American officials discreetly participated in meetings of the League of Nations. 
B)  The United States belatedly joined the League of Nations. 
C)  American diplomats showed no interest in the activities of the League of Nations. 
D)  The United States joined the World Court in Geneva. 
A)  American officials discreetly participated in meetings of the League of Nations. 
B)  The United States belatedly joined the League of Nations. 
C)  American diplomats showed no interest in the activities of the League of Nations. 
D)  The United States joined the World Court in Geneva.

Exam 26: The United States in a Troubled World, 1920-1941

In the aftermath of the 1938 Munich crisis, President Roosevelt

Which of the following was true of the conduct of the United States under the Good Neighbor policy?

Which of the following was a feature of the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s?

Which of the following was a consequence of the loss of the destroyer Reuben James?

Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the president had the power to

President Roosevelt approved diplomatic recognition of the Soviet government because he

Both the Webb-Pomerene Act of 1918 and the Edge Act of 1919 indicated which of the following?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?

Upon learning of Kristallnacht, President Roosevelt

In a speech delivered in August 1936 at Chautauqua, New York, President Roosevelt

Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because of

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the foreign policy of independent internationalism?

President Roosevelt responded to the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in July 1941 by

Isolationist thought in the United States in the 1930s was

Which of the following is true of the agreements reached at the Washington Naval Conference?

In a secret protocol attached to the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact,

As part of the Good Neighbor policy, President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt described which of the following as "a date which will live in infamy?"

In 1932, Secretary of State Henry Stimson recognized that Japanese incursions into China were analogous to

Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of United States foreign policy during the 1920s is correct?

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