Question 1

The era of informal polling techniques came to an end and was replaced by more scientifically based systems

Accepted Answer

A)  that relied on the records of automobile registrations and telephone directories to determine the proper demographic samples of Americans who polled about their views on political affairs. 
B)  after a popular news magazine in 1936 mistakenly predicted Alf Landon the winner in the presidential election over FDR. 
C)  when television began to play an increasingly important role in forecasting elections. 
D)  when advertisers decided that polling was useless for the purposes of marketing. 
E)  after a popular new magazine in 1940 mistakenly predicted that Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie over FDR. 
A)  that relied on the records of automobile registrations and telephone directories to determine the proper demographic samples of Americans who polled about their views on political affairs. 
B)  after a popular news magazine in 1936 mistakenly predicted Alf Landon the winner in the presidential election over FDR. 
C)  when television began to play an increasingly important role in forecasting elections. 
D)  when advertisers decided that polling was useless for the purposes of marketing. 
E)  after a popular new magazine in 1940 mistakenly predicted that Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie over FDR.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Burton Wheeler.

Accepted Answer

Senator and isolationist who d

Question 3

Explain in what way a) the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, b) the fall of France, c) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, and d) the attack on Pearl Harbor mark the most important turning points in American foreign policy from "storm-cellar isolationism" to full-fledged interventionism between 1935 and 1941.

Accepted Answer

a) The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, an

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of "phony war".

Accepted Answer

The months following

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the Munich Conference.

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A conference at which leaders

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the Kristallnacht.

Accepted Answer

"Night of Broken Glass"-an eve

Question 7

As part of his plan to concentrate on alleviating the Depression at home, President Roosevelt's administration

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperated closely with other nations in the London Economic Conference. 
B)  extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. 
C)  abandoned the armed interventionist policy toward Latin America articulated in the (Theodore) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  promised independence to the Philippines. 
E)  sought closer ties with Canada and Mexico. 
A)  cooperated closely with other nations in the London Economic Conference. 
B)  extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. 
C)  abandoned the armed interventionist policy toward Latin America articulated in the (Theodore) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  promised independence to the Philippines. 
E)  sought closer ties with Canada and Mexico.

Question 8

Do you think the argument that "one should not change horses in the middle of a stream" is sufficient to justify Franklin Roosevelt's breaking the two-term tradition in 1940? Do you think anyone should be allowed to serve more than two terms in the presidency? Why or why not? Why do you believe Congress passed and the states ratified the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution in 1951, limiting a president to being elected to two terms in office?

Accepted Answer

The argument that "one should not change

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Adolf Hitler.

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Fascist dictator of

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Pearl Harbor.

Accepted Answer

Surprise attack by t

Question 11

One internationalist action by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first term in office was

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A)  the formal recognition of the Soviet Union. 
B)  joining the League of Nations. 
C)  establishing military bases in China. 
D)  his support of the Tydings-McDuffie Act. 
E)  his commitment to Philippine independence. 
A)  the formal recognition of the Soviet Union. 
B)  joining the League of Nations. 
C)  establishing military bases in China. 
D)  his support of the Tydings-McDuffie Act. 
E)  his commitment to Philippine independence.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the destroyers-for-bases deal.

Accepted Answer

America gave Great Britain bad

Question 13

Explain in what way the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s "marked in effect an abandonment of the [United States'] traditional policy of freedom of the seas." How did the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s expressly contradict President Woodrow Wilson's insistence on maintaining America's neutral shipping rights two years before American entry into World War I? What do you believe accounts for this fundamental abandonment of the American government's traditional policy of upholding "freedom of the seas" as fascism was on the rise worldwide less than 20 years after the conclusion of World War I?

Accepted Answer

The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s marked

Question 14

America's neutrality policy during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 contributed to

Accepted Answer

A)  Hitler conquering Spain and establishing Nazi occupation of Spain during World War II. 
B)  the Loyalists from winning the war. 
C)  Roosevelt and Francisco Franco becoming personal friends and strategic allies. 
D)  the Soviets successfully defending the Spanish Republic from Spanish fascist forces. 
E)  Spain becoming a Fascist dictatorship after Franco's victory. 
A)  Hitler conquering Spain and establishing Nazi occupation of Spain during World War II. 
B)  the Loyalists from winning the war. 
C)  Roosevelt and Francisco Franco becoming personal friends and strategic allies. 
D)  the Soviets successfully defending the Spanish Republic from Spanish fascist forces. 
E)  Spain becoming a Fascist dictatorship after Franco's victory.

Question 15

Compare and contrast the views of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies with those of the America First Committee. Had you lived in America just after the fall of France in June 1940, which view would you have supported? Why? Support your choice with specific historical examples that bolster the contemporaneous view of either advocacy organization.

Accepted Answer

The Committee to Defend America by Aidin

Question 16

The event that shook Americans to the core and moved them to shift politically in support of a making a substantial political and military effort against Hitler's aggression in Europe was

Accepted Answer

A)  the fall of France. 
B)  Hitler's armies overrunning Denmark and Norway. 
C)  Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union. 
D)  the invasion of Poland. 
E)  the fear of a union between Japan and Germany. 
A)  the fall of France. 
B)  Hitler's armies overrunning Denmark and Norway. 
C)  Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union. 
D)  the invasion of Poland. 
E)  the fear of a union between Japan and Germany.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act.

Accepted Answer

An agreement to lowe

Question 18

President Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in part because

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A)  he perceived this new policy as a logical extension of his cousin Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
B)  Congress had repealed the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  he feared the spread of communism in the region. 
D)  the policy was part of the neutrality stance taken by the United States. 
E)  he was eager to enlist Latin American allies to defend the Western Hemisphere against dictators. 
A)  he perceived this new policy as a logical extension of his cousin Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
B)  Congress had repealed the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  he feared the spread of communism in the region. 
D)  the policy was part of the neutrality stance taken by the United States. 
E)  he was eager to enlist Latin American allies to defend the Western Hemisphere against dictators.

Question 19

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 import grain from the Ukraine for Americans left hungry from the Great Depression. 
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 import grain from the Ukraine for Americans left hungry from the Great Depression.

Question 20

Assess President Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy from 1935 to 1941. When and why did he move from isolationism to interventionism in the European war? How did President Roosevelt use his political and diplomatic skills to guide the reluctant American public away from isolationism and toward support for interventionism? Was Roosevelt honest and far-sighted, as his supporters claimed, or cunningly deceptive, as his isolationist detractors asserted, or a little of both, as he moved to upgrade quickly American military preparedness and provide increasing military assistance and support to Great Britain in the European war? Defend your positions with specific historical examples.

Accepted Answer

President Roosevelt's conduct of America

Exam 32: Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

The era of informal polling techniques came to an end and was replaced by more scientifically based systems

Identify and state the historical significance of Burton Wheeler.

Identify and state the historical significance of "phony war".

Identify and state the historical significance of the Munich Conference.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Kristallnacht.

As part of his plan to concentrate on alleviating the Depression at home, President Roosevelt's administration

Identify and state the historical significance of Adolf Hitler.

Identify and state the historical significance of Pearl Harbor.

One internationalist action by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first term in office was

Identify and state the historical significance of the destroyers-for-bases deal.

America's neutrality policy during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 contributed to

The event that shook Americans to the core and moved them to shift politically in support of a making a substantial political and military effort against Hitler's aggression in Europe was

Identify and state the historical significance of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act.

President Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in part because

Roosevelt's recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partly

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The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

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