Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-lend-lease

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The Lend-Lease Act, officially known as ...

Question 2

Roosevelt's recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partly

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A)   in order to win support from American Catholics.
B)   because the Soviet leadership seemed to be modifying its harsher communist policies.
C)   in hope of developing a diplomatic counterweight to the rising power of Japan and Germany.
D)   to win favor with American liberals and leftists.
E)   to open opportunities for American investment in Siberian oil fields.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"cash-and-carry"

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Question 4

Franklin Roosevelt's sensational Quarantine Speech in 1937 resulted in

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A)   a belief in Europe that America would stop fascist aggression.
B)   a wave of protest by isolationists.
C)   support from both Democratic and Republican leaders.
D)   a slowing of Japanese aggression in China.
E)   a modification of the Neutrality Acts.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

Assess President Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy after 1935.When and why did he move from isolationism to interventionism in the European war? Do you think that he purposely led the United States into war? Why or why not?

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Question 6

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, CF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Isolationist critics frequently charged Franklin Roosevelt with deception in his policies of increasing support for Britain in 1939-1941.Is there any validity to that charge? Why wasn't he more candid with the American people about what he was doing?

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Isolationist critics often accused Frank...

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Joseph Stalin

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Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Question 10

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.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

Those opposed to the Lend-Lease program,such as members of Massachusetts' Woman's Political Club,feared that

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A)   the lending countries would default on their debt.
B)   it was in violation of America's strict neutrality.
C)   it would eventually draw the nation into the war itself.
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Winston Churchill

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Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cordell Hull

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Question 14

By 1941,Japan believed that it had no alternative to war with the United States because Franklin Roosevelt absolutely insisted that Japan

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A)   withdraw from the Dutch East Indies.
B)   withdraw from China.
C)   renew its trade with America.
D)   break its treaty of nonaggression with Germany.
E)   stop attempting to become a dominant Pacific naval power.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act

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The Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act (RTAA...

Question 16

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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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."F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The net effect of most of Franklin Roosevelt's early foreign policy moves was that

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A)   the United States was developing a strong defense perimeter across the northern Atlantic Ocean.
B)   the United States was willing to accommodate Stalin's Soviet Union but not Hitler's Germany.
C)   the United States was tilting toward engagement with undeveloped nations rather than with the Western world.
D)   the United States was giving up ambitions to be a world power and concentrating on the Western hemisphere.
E)   Americans would be economically but not diplomatically engaged with the rest of the world.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
 
-____ The nation invaded by Hitler in 1941 despite a formal nonaggression pact signed two years earlier.

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Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Neutrality Acts

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The Neutrality Acts were a series of law...

Question 20

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
 
-____ The nation that,when invaded in 1939,touched off the formal onset of World War II.

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Exam 34: Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

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

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Those opposed to the Lend-Lease program,such as members of Massachusetts' Woman's Political Club,feared that

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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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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ The nation that,when invaded in 1939,touched off the formal onset of World War II.

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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ The nation invaded by Hitler in 1941 despite a formal nonaggression pact signed two years earlier.

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winston Churchill

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The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cordell Hull

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Franklin Roosevelt's sensational Quarantine Speech in 1937 resulted in

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Joseph Stalin

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Roosevelt's recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partly

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -lend-lease

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Neutrality Acts

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Isolationist critics frequently charged Franklin Roosevelt with deception in his policies of increasing support for Britain in 1939-1941.Is there any validity to that charge? Why wasn't he more candid with the American people about what he was doing?

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Assess President Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy after 1935.When and why did he move from isolationism to interventionism in the European war? Do you think that he purposely led the United States into war? Why or why not?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"cash-and-carry"

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The net effect of most of Franklin Roosevelt's early foreign policy moves was that

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act

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