Question 1

Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt asked Congress to establish the ________ program with Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt...

Question 2

The secretary of state of the Harding administration was

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Evans Hughes. 
B)  Charles Dawes. 
C)  Henry Cabot Lodge. 
D)  Henry Stimson. 
E)  Cordell Hull. 
A)  Charles Evans Hughes. 
B)  Charles Dawes. 
C)  Henry Cabot Lodge. 
D)  Henry Stimson. 
E)  Cordell Hull.

Question 3

President Franklin Roosevelt's sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin America. 
B)  Europe. 
C)  Asia. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Mexico. 
A)  Latin America. 
B)  Europe. 
C)  Asia. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Mexico.

Question 4

The Neutrality Act of 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. 
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.

Question 5

Franklin Roosevelt's Republican opponent in 1940 was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Franklin Roosevelt's Republican opponent in 1940 was...

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

The Munich agreement of 1938

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

During the winter and early spring of 1939-1940, Europe settled into what some called "the ________ war."

Accepted Answer

The answer of During the winter and early spring of...

Question 10

The sinking of the ________ in the fall of 1941 led Congress to arm American merchant ships.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The sinking of the ________ in the...

Question 11

The Washington Conference of 1921

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

By September 1941,

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A)  Germany had agreed with Japan to fight against the United States. 
B)  the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union. 
C)  President Roosevelt made a secret agreement to send American troops to England. 
D)  Germany claimed it had no interest in engaging America in war. 
E)  the German navy had begun to sink American destroyers, including the Reuben James. 
A)  Germany had agreed with Japan to fight against the United States. 
B)  the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union. 
C)  President Roosevelt made a secret agreement to send American troops to England. 
D)  Germany claimed it had no interest in engaging America in war. 
E)  the German navy had begun to sink American destroyers, including the Reuben James.

Question 13

What were the weaknesses of U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

The weaknesses of U.S. foreign policy du

Question 14

The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

Accepted Answer

A)  reaffirmed the desires of isolationists to stay out of the war. 
B)  approved sending U.S. weapons to England. 
C)  approved the first peacetime draft in American history. 
D)  saw the United States end all trade with any nation allied with Nazi Germany. 
E)  repealed the 1935 and 1937 Neutrality Acts. 
A)  reaffirmed the desires of isolationists to stay out of the war. 
B)  approved sending U.S. weapons to England. 
C)  approved the first peacetime draft in American history. 
D)  saw the United States end all trade with any nation allied with Nazi Germany. 
E)  repealed the 1935 and 1937 Neutrality Acts.

Question 15

In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that

Accepted Answer

A)  kept the United States on the gold standard. 
B)  preserved the circular loan system of the Dawes Plan. 
C)  established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  allowed American banks to make loans to nations in default to the United States. 
E)  further soured relations with Latin America. 
A)  kept the United States on the gold standard. 
B)  preserved the circular loan system of the Dawes Plan. 
C)  established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  allowed American banks to make loans to nations in default to the United States. 
E)  further soured relations with Latin America.

Question 16

The United States failed to join the League of Nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

At the time of its announcement, President Roosevelt approved of the Munich agreement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe American foreign policy objectives with Europe during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

During the 1920s, American foreign polic

Exam 25: The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt asked Congress to establish the ________ program with Great Britain.

The secretary of state of the Harding administration was

President Franklin Roosevelt's sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned

The Neutrality Act of 1937

Franklin Roosevelt's Republican opponent in 1940 was ________.

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

The Munich agreement of 1938

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

During the winter and early spring of 1939-1940, Europe settled into what some called "the ________ war."

The sinking of the ________ in the fall of 1941 led Congress to arm American merchant ships.

The Washington Conference of 1921

By September 1941,

What were the weaknesses of U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s?

The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that

The United States failed to join the League of Nations.

At the time of its announcement, President Roosevelt approved of the Munich agreement.

Describe American foreign policy objectives with Europe during the 1920s.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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