Question 1

A neutrality law passed in 1937

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A)  stripped the president of many of his powers as commander-in-chief.
B)  allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.
C)  loosened the trade policy for England,while tightening it for Germany and Japan.
D)  banned the sale of all goods from the United States to any nation at war.
E)  exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

The America First Committee

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A)  was a powerful lobby against U.S.involvement in the war.
B)  was opposed by both major political parties.
C)  called for increased U.S.assistance to England without any actual intervention.
D)  was made up largely of Democrats who favored diplomacy to end the war.
E)  tried and failed to enlist the support of Charles Lindbergh.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Germany began World War II in Europe days after

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

Question 5

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

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Question 6

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 7

The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance between

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A)  the United States,England,and Russia.
B)  the United States,England,and France.
C)  Japan,Germany,and Italy.
D)  Japan,Germany,and Austria.
E)  England,France,and Italy.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

The Neutrality Act of 1935

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A)  sought to protect America's international trade agreements.
B)  prevented Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations.
C)  did not prevent the United States from intervening when Italy invaded Ethiopia.
D)  was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind.
E)  included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

The United States never joined the League of Nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Munich conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over

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A)  Austria.
B)  Poland.
C)  Hungary.
D)  Belgium.
E)  Czechoslovakia.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 11

In 1940,Charles Lindbergh and Senator Gerald Nye took leading roles in the ________ Committee.

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Question 12

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

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Question 13

The American ambassador to London who insisted in 1940 that the British plight was already hopeless was

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A)  Neville Chamberlain.
B)  Joseph Kennedy.
C)  Gerald Nye.
D)  Burton Wheeler.
E)  Wendell Willkie.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

The Anschluss of 1938 was between Germany and ________.

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Question 15

The Hoover administration imposed economic sanctions against Japan for its takeover of Manchuria in the early 1930s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In what ways did the Hoover administration continue past foreign policy? In what way did the administration break from the past?

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The Hoover administration continued past...

Question 17

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The ________ Conference of 1921 was an attempt to prevent a naval arms race among the United States,Great Britain,and Japan

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Question 19

After Hitler took all of Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1939,Britain and France gave assurances to the country of ________ that they would come to its assistance if it were invaded.

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Question 20

The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawed war as an instrument of national policy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 25: The Global Crisis, 1921-1941

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

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The Hoover administration imposed economic sanctions against Japan for its takeover of Manchuria in the early 1930s.

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The America First Committee

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In what ways did the Hoover administration continue past foreign policy? In what way did the administration break from the past?

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The Neutrality Act of 1935

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