Exam 33: 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.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Spanish Civil War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -isolationism

Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____, Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.

Americans' fervent isolationism in the 1930s can best be attributed to ​

____ The nation that, when invaded in 1939, touched off the formal onset of World War II.

Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in August 1939

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Abraham Lincoln Brigade

____ The nation that was sacrificed at the Munich Conference by the Allied nations to achieve "peace in our time."

America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies came to an end when

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lend-Lease Law

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Johnson Debt Default Act

Explain what the text authors mean by their remark that in the 1930s, "Congress was one war too late with its [neutrality] legislation." Do you agree with the text's authors harsh critique of the goals and consequences of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937? Cite specific historical examples from events in the 1930s, such as the Spanish Civil War and the growing expansionist gains of Nazi Germany before World War II, to defend your view.

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

By mid-1941, Japan believed that it had no alternative to war with the United States because President Franklin Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Lindbergh

Throughout most of the 1930s, majorities of the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Francisco Franco