Question 1

In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message,Franklin Roosevelt declared that

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A)   further Japanese aggression against China would be met with force.
B)   America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization.
C)   America would no longer recognize fascist governments.
D)   all foreign war debts would be forgiven.
E)   the Monroe Doctrine was now null and void.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Like Woodrow Wilson before him,President Roosevelt asked the American people to be neutral in thought when war erupted in Europe in 1939.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

On foreign policy matters,President Roosevelt and his Republican challenger,Wendell Willkie,were essentially in agreement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How might the Roosevelt administration be labeled isolationist? How and why might it be labeled internationalist?

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The Roosevelt administration could be la...

Question 5

By the time President Roosevelt ran for a third term,a significant majority of the American people believed that Nazi Germany posed a direct military threat to the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In 1941,Germany's declaration of war against the United States

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A)   did not occur until two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
B)   occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.
C)   was never reciprocated by Congress.
D)   came the same day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
E)   occurred after the United States declared war on Germany.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy"

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A)   limited land purchases by U.S. companies in neighboring countries.
B)   was abandoned by the United States at the start of World War II.
C)   expanded initiatives begun under Herbert Hoover.
D)   gave nations allied against fascism preferential loan rates.
E)   was designed to keep the peace in western Europe.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

The Kellogg-Briand Pact declared war illegal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In December of 1941,Germany declared war on the United States before the United States declared war on Germany.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As part of his foreign policy,President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from

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A)   Cuba.
B)   Venezuela.
C)   Mexico.
D)   Haiti.
E)   Colombia.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Hoover administration's foreign policy?

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The Hoover administration's foreign poli...

Question 12

The Washington Conference of 1921

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A)   saw the Harding administration refuse to participate in it.
B)   ended as a diplomatic failure for the United States.
C)   attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.
D)   attempted to create a world court.
E)   sought to expand the global markets of the United States.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

How were the activities of other nations affected by American isolationism in the 1930s?

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Question 14

Germany began World War II in Europe by invading Poland shortly after

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A)   Germany and Austria were unified.
B)   Germany's occupation of additional areas of Czechoslovakia.
C)   Hitler's violation of the Munich agreement.
D)   France promised Poland it would provide military support if attacked.
E)   a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

The Munich agreement of 1938

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A)   was signed by Joseph Stalin despite misgivings about German intent.
B)   ended further German aggression until World War II began.
C)   was supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
D)   put most of Poland under German control.
E)   was the result of negotiations involving the League of Nations.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

Were American isolationists in the 1920s and 1930s a recent phenomenon,or did their thinking fit into traditional American ideas regarding foreign policy? Justify your response.

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Question 17

The Roosevelt administration refused to issue economic sanctions against Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

President Franklin Roosevelt made his "quarantine" speech in an effort to block Hitler's takeover of Austria.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Neutrality Acts of the mid-1930s established the U.S.right to use military action to defend any violation of its neutrality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 1941,prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,

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A)   Japanese troops attacked the Philippines.
B)   President Franklin Roosevelt ordered Japan's diplomats to leave Washington.
C)   the Japanese developed a new, unbreakable communication code.
D)   President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.
E)   Japan tried to repair relations with the United States in order to restore their flow of supplies.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Exam 25: The Global Crisis, 1921-1941 Key

In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message,Franklin Roosevelt declared that

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President Franklin Roosevelt made his "quarantine" speech in an effort to block Hitler's takeover of Austria.

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The Washington Conference of 1921

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On foreign policy matters,President Roosevelt and his Republican challenger,Wendell Willkie,were essentially in agreement.

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Germany began World War II in Europe by invading Poland shortly after

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In December of 1941,Germany declared war on the United States before the United States declared war on Germany.

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President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy"

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As part of his foreign policy,President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from

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In 1941,Germany's declaration of war against the United States

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What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Hoover administration's foreign policy?

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact declared war illegal.

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The Neutrality Acts of the mid-1930s established the U.S.right to use military action to defend any violation of its neutrality.

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The Munich agreement of 1938

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Were American isolationists in the 1920s and 1930s a recent phenomenon,or did their thinking fit into traditional American ideas regarding foreign policy? Justify your response.

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How might the Roosevelt administration be labeled isolationist? How and why might it be labeled internationalist?

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By the time President Roosevelt ran for a third term,a significant majority of the American people believed that Nazi Germany posed a direct military threat to the United States.

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In 1941,prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,

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The Roosevelt administration refused to issue economic sanctions against Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Like Woodrow Wilson before him,President Roosevelt asked the American people to be neutral in thought when war erupted in Europe in 1939.

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How were the activities of other nations affected by American isolationism in the 1930s?

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