Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pearl Harbor

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base locate

Question 2

One of the few successful wartime American efforts to save Jews from perishing in the Holocaust came when

Accepted Answer

A) Americans helped some German and Austrian Jews seek refugee in neutral Sweden and Switzerland. 
B) American Zionist organizations helped Romanian Jews escape to Israel. 
C) the U.S.Air Force bombed the rail lines leading to Auschwitz. 
D) American agents enabled French Jews to escape across the Pyrenees into Spain. 
E) Franklin Roosevelt's War Refugee Board helped several thousand Hungarian Jews escape Nazi tyranny. 
A) Americans helped some German and Austrian Jews seek refugee in neutral Sweden and Switzerland. 
B) American Zionist organizations helped Romanian Jews escape to Israel. 
C) the U.S.Air Force bombed the rail lines leading to Auschwitz. 
D) American agents enabled French Jews to escape across the Pyrenees into Spain. 
E) Franklin Roosevelt's War Refugee Board helped several thousand Hungarian Jews escape Nazi tyranny.

Question 3

The net effect of most of Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy moves in his first term in office suggested 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. 
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.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-invasion of Ethiopia

Accepted Answer

The invasion of Ethiopia, also known as

Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the 1940 presidential election campaign, both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate, Wendell Willkie, agreed that the

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A) United States should supply military aid to Britain and the Allies. 
B) United States should actively find a way to enter the war. 
C) United States should strengthen its defenses. 
D) New Deal should be abandoned. 
E) U.S.military should directly aid China. 
A) United States should supply military aid to Britain and the Allies. 
B) United States should actively find a way to enter the war. 
C) United States should strengthen its defenses. 
D) New Deal should be abandoned. 
E) U.S.military should directly aid China.

Question 6

After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk in the fall of 1941

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A) Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. 
B) the U.S.Navy stopped escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments. 
C) Congress prohibited the arming of U.S.merchant vessels. 
D) Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. 
E) Congress voted to weaken substantially the terms of the Neutrality Act of 1939 to permit armed merchant ship to deliver munitions to Britain. 
A) Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. 
B) the U.S.Navy stopped escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments. 
C) Congress prohibited the arming of U.S.merchant vessels. 
D) Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. 
E) Congress voted to weaken substantially the terms of the Neutrality Act of 1939 to permit armed merchant ship to deliver munitions to Britain.

Question 7

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 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"merchants of death"

Accepted Answer

The term "merchants of death" is a pejor

Question 9

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was

Accepted Answer

A) motivated by treaty obligations. 
B) providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms and assistance necessary to assure a smooth transition to political independence. 
C) acknowledging the view of the U.S.Navy that the islands were militarily indefensible. 
D) providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists who eyed the Philippines as a target for their imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific. 
E) acknowledging an official U.S.government apology for America's imperialist takeover of the islands in 1898. 
A) motivated by treaty obligations. 
B) providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms and assistance necessary to assure a smooth transition to political independence. 
C) acknowledging the view of the U.S.Navy that the islands were militarily indefensible. 
D) providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists who eyed the Philippines as a target for their imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific. 
E) acknowledging an official U.S.government apology for America's imperialist takeover of the islands in 1898.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Josef Goebbels

Accepted Answer

Josef Goebbels, whose full name was Paul

Question 11

As part of his Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, President Roosevelt developed more generous policies of

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A) encouraging Mexican immigration into the United States 
B) removing American controls on Haiti, Cuba, and Panama. 
C) supporting Latin American strongmen in Argentina and Brazil. 
D) returning the Guantanamo naval base to Cuban control. 
E) moving Puerto Rico toward its independence. 
A) encouraging Mexican immigration into the United States 
B) removing American controls on Haiti, Cuba, and Panama. 
C) supporting Latin American strongmen in Argentina and Brazil. 
D) returning the Guantanamo naval base to Cuban control. 
E) moving Puerto Rico toward its independence.

Question 12

During the 1930s, the United States admitted ____ Jewish refugees from Nazism.

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A) about one million 
B) zero 
C) nearly six million 
D) a paltry sum of about 150,000 
E) only highly educated and highly skilled 
A) about one million 
B) zero 
C) nearly six million 
D) a paltry sum of about 150,000 
E) only highly educated and highly skilled

Question 13

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 14

In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the United States

Accepted Answer

A) "most favored nation" trade status. 
B) a role in developing the atomic bomb. 
C) eight valuable naval bases in the Western Hemisphere. 
D) $10 million dollars. 
E) six air bases in Scotland and Iceland. 
A) "most favored nation" trade status. 
B) a role in developing the atomic bomb. 
C) eight valuable naval bases in the Western Hemisphere. 
D) $10 million dollars. 
E) six air bases in Scotland and Iceland.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937

Accepted Answer

The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

Accepted Answer

The Committee to Defend America by Aidin

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wendell Willkie

Accepted Answer

Wendell Willkie was a notable American l

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"phony war"

Accepted Answer

The "phony war" refers to the early phas

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Britain

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Britain was a significant

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Fascism is a form of far-right, authorit

Exam 33: Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pearl Harbor

One of the few successful wartime American efforts to save Jews from perishing in the Holocaust came when

The net effect of most of Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy moves in his first term in office suggested that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -invasion of Ethiopia

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the 1940 presidential election campaign, both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate, Wendell Willkie, agreed that the

After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk in the fall of 1941

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"merchants of death"

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Josef Goebbels

As part of his Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, President Roosevelt developed more generous policies of

During the 1930s, the United States admitted ____ Jewish refugees from Nazism.

In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the United States

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wendell Willkie

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"phony war"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Britain

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

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the 1940 presidential election campaign, both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate, Wendell Willkie, agreed that the