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34 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941
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1Why did President Franklin Roosevelt undermine the goals of the London Economic Conference, causing it to collapse?
- AIts members insisted on a rigid adherence to the gold standard
- BAny agreement to stabilize national currencies might hurt America's recovery from depression
- CAny agreement emanating from the conference would necessarily involve the United States militarily with the League of Nations
- DThe delegates refused to work on reviving trade
2Which of the following represented a partial motivation for President Roosevelt's decision to diplomatically recognize the Soviet Union?
- AIt was an attempt to win favor with American liberals and leftists
- BIt was a diplomatic reward to the Soviet Union for modifying its repressive communist policies
- CPresident Roosevelt hoped that diplomatic recognition would serve as a diplomatic counterweight to the rising power of Japan and Germany
- DIt was an effort to open opportunities for American investment in Siberian oil fields
3All of the following marked President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America EXCEPT:
- Awithdrawal of American troops from Haiti
- Bpartial release of the American political and military stranglehold over Panama
- Ca formal endorsement of non-intervention in Latin American affairs at the Seventh Pan-American Conference in 1933
- Dusing the threat of armed intervention to uphold American oil companies' interests in Mexico
4Which of the following best characterizes the foreign trade policy of President Franklin Roosevelt?
- ALowering U.S. tariffs to increase trade
- BIncreasing U.S. tariffs to protect American industry and agriculture
- CContinuing the tariff rates and schedules of the Hawley-Smoot law
- DPostponing any adjustments to trade policy until after the onset of World War II
5Roosevelt torpedoed the London Economic Conference in 1933 because:
- Ahe wanted to concentrate primarily on the recovery of the American domestic economy
- Bhe saw the hand of Hitler and Mussolini behind the conference's proposals
- Che was firmly committed to the gold standard
- Dhe wanted economic cooperation only between the United States and Britain, not the rest of Europe.
6Seeking to withdraw from overseas commitments and colonial expense, the United States in 1934 promised future independence to:
- APuerto Rico
- BHawaii
- CThe Philippines
- DCuba
7Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America included:
- Aa substantial program of American economic aid for Latin American countries
- Ba renunciation of American intervention in Mexico or elsewhere in the region
- CAmerican military intervention to block German influence in Argentina and Brazil
- DAmerican acceptance of radical governments in Cuba and Panama
8The immediate response of most Americans to the rise of the Fascist dictators Mussolini and Hitler was:
- Aa call for a new military alliance to contain aggression
- Ba focus on political cooperation with Britain and the Soviet Union
- Csupport for the Spanish government against Fascist rebels
- Da deeper commitment to remain isolated from European problems
9Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 and the overall congressional efforts to maintain U.S. neutrality in Europe resulted to all of the following EXCEPT:
- Aa decline in the U.S. Navy and other armed forces
- Bprohibiting the U.S. Government from making a critical distinction between aggressor nations and the countries victimized by unprovoked aggression
- Cspurred aggressor nations to become bolder on their paths of conquest
- Dbalancing the scales between dictators and U.S. allies by trading with neither
10What was one critical by-product of America's neutrality policy during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939?
- AIt facilitated a fascist victory in Spain by General Franco that encouraged dictators in Germany and Japan to undertake further military aggression in Europe and Asia
- BIt permitted the Loyalists to win the Spanish Civil War
- CIt did nothing to prevent Hitler from ultimately conquering Spain
- DIt prevented any military assistance being given to the Loyalist cause by the Soviet Union
11What did Britain and France hope would result from the signing of the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler in March 1938?
- ABritain and France hoped that their consenting to Germany's military occupation and political incorporation of the Czech Sudetenland would prevent a European war.
- BBritain and France hoped that they could break the alliance between Hitler and Mussolini
- CBritain and France hoped that the Munich Agreement would persuade Germany to withdraw from and restore political sovereignty to Austria
- DBritain and France hoped that the United States would soon sign a military alliance pact tying the defense of Britain and France to America
12The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 provided that:
- Athe United States would remain neutral in a war between Britain and Germany
- BAmericans could not sail on a belligerent ship, sell munitions, or make loans to a nation at war
- Cno belligerent could conduct propaganda campaigns, sell goods, or make loans within the United States
- Dthe United States would support the neutral efforts to end the wars in China and Ethiopia
13The effect of the strict American arms embargo on the civil war between the Loyalist Spanish government and Franco's Fascist rebels was:
- Ato encourage a negotiated political settlement between the warring parties
- Bto strengthen the Spanish government's ability to resist Franco
- Cto push the British and French to intervene in the Spanish Civil War
- Dto cripple the Loyalist government while the Italians and Germans armed Franco
14The policy of appeasing the Fascist dictators reached its low point in 1938 when Britain and France "sold out" Czechoslovakia to Hitler in the conference at:
- AGeneva
- BVersailles
- CMunich
- DPrague
15The "cash and carry" Neutrality Act of 1939 was designed to:
- Aguarantee that Americans would not benefit either side in World War II
- Benable American merchants to provide loans and shipping to the Allies
- Cprepare America for involvement in the war
- Dhelp Britain and France by letting them buy supplies and munitions in the United States
16The "destroyers-for-bases" deal of 1940 provided that:
- Athe United States would give Britain 50 American destroyers in exchange for eight British bases
- Bthe United States would give Britain bases in North America in exchange for 50 British destroyers
- Cif American entered the war it would receive eight bases in Britain in exchange for American Destroyers
- Dthe British would transfer captured French destroyers to the United States in exchange for the use of American bases in East Asia
17The twin events that precipitated the reversal of American policy from neutrality to active, though non-belligerent, support of the Allied cause were:
- Athe Munich Conference and the invasion of Poland
- Bthe fall of France and the Battle of Britain
- Cthe fall of Poland and the invasion of Norway
- Dthe invasion of the Soviet Union and the German submarine attacks on American shipping
18Which of the following nations was NOT conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?
- ANorway
- BPoland
- CFinland
- DFrance
19Which of the following best characterizes the efforts made by the U.S. government in the late 1930s and early 1940s to save Jewish refugees from the Holocaust?
- AVery limited U.S. Government assistance to save a relatively small number of European Jews from the Holocaust
- BA substantial military, diplomatic, and economic effort to accept as many Jews as possible from occupied Europe
- CAn effective use of secret diplomacy and covert intelligence operations to smuggle substantial numbers of Jews out of Nazi-occupied Europe
- DCollaborating closely with Jewish rescue organizations to accept large numbers of beleaguered Jewish refugees, such as those stranded on the ship "St. Louis"
20What event prompted the American government to take immediate steps to upgrade its military preparedness for war and abandon the pretense of neutrality in Europe?
- AGermany's invasion and occupation of Denmark and Norway
- BGermany's invasion and occupation of Poland
- CFrance's falling to Germany
- DThe overrunning of Belgium and the Netherlands by Nazi Germany
21Which of the following best characterizes the attitude of a strong majority of the American public, at the end of 1940, concerning America's proper role with regard to the war in Europe?
- ASolid support for a declaration of war against Germany to save Britain
- BSolid support for sending a large American expeditionary force to help Britain stave off Nazi Germany
- CSolid support for shipping Britain everything except military weapons
- DSolid support for providing Britain with all economic and military aid short of war
22In the campaign of 1940, Republican nominee Willkie agreed with Roosevelt on the issue of:
- AThe New Deal
- BThe third term
- CRoosevelt's use of power in office
- DForeign policy
23The Lend Lease Act clearly marked:
- Athe end of isolationist opposition to Roosevelt's foreign policy
- Ban end to the pretense of American neutrality between Britain and Germany
- Ca secret Roosevelt plan to involve the United States in war with Japan
- Da lack of involvement by Congress in Roosevelt's foreign policy
24The provisions of the Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941 included:
- Aself-determination for oppressed peoples and a new international peacekeeping organization
- Ba permanent alliance between Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union
- Ca pledge to rid the world of dictators and to establish democratic governments in Germany and Italy
- Dan agreement to oppose Soviet communism, but only after Hitler was defeated
25By the fall of 1941, American warships were being attacked by German destroyers near the coast of:
- ASpain
- BIreland
- CIceland
- DCanada
26The key issue in the failed negotiations with Japan just before Pearl Harbor was:
- Athe refusal of the Japanese to withdraw their navy from Hawaiian waters
- BAmericans' insistence on their right to expand naval power in Asia
- Cthe Japanese refusal to withdraw from China
- Dthe Japanese refusal to guarantee the security of the Philippines
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