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

Most Americans believed in 1940-1941 that war, if it came, would come in the Atlantic with Hitler's Germany. Instead, it came in the Pacific with Japan. Why were Americans so surprised by the Japanese attack?

Franklin Roosevelt's sensational Quarantine Speech in 1937 resulted in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Good Neighbor policy

Which of the following nations was not conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?

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

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

At what point, during the turbulent and cataclysmic European events of the 1930s and 1940-1941, do you believe American entry into the war in Europe became inevitable? Explain and justify your answer with specific historical examples that support your analysis.

Liberal and left-wing Americans reacted to General Franco's efforts to stage a Fascist coup and overthrow the Republic in Spain by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Adolf Hitler

Franklin Roosevelt undermined the London Economic Conference because

To what extent did American diplomacy and economic policy during the 1930s and up to the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 provoke war with Japan? What might the United States have done to delay or even prevent war with Japan? Why wasn't that done?

The 1941 Lend-Lease program was all of the following except

In September 1938, at the Munich Conference,

In 1940, Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions among the American people when he

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nazi-Soviet pact (Hitler-Stalin pact)

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

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

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

In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower

Roosevelt's recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partly