Question 1

By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to

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A) prohibit excessive profits from being made off of arms sales to foreign countries. 
B) limit a president to two terms. 
C) remove the power to declare from the Congress and grant it to the president. 
D) require the president to gain Congressional approval before sending U.S.troops overseas. 
E) forbid a declaration of war by Congress unless first approved by a popular referendum. 
A) prohibit excessive profits from being made off of arms sales to foreign countries. 
B) limit a president to two terms. 
C) remove the power to declare from the Congress and grant it to the president. 
D) require the president to gain Congressional approval before sending U.S.troops overseas. 
E) forbid a declaration of war by Congress unless first approved by a popular referendum.

Question 2

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Among the principles of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill were

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A) national self-determination. 
B) disarmament. 
C) neutrality. 
D) collective security (a new League of Nations). 
E) the creation of a new international organization. 
A) national self-determination. 
B) disarmament. 
C) neutrality. 
D) collective security (a new League of Nations). 
E) the creation of a new international organization.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Atlantic Charter

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The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal polic

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Japanese militarism and the "China incident" of 1937

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Japanese militarism refers to the period

Question 5

____ The nation through which German armies twice invaded France in the twentieth century.

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The answer of ____ The nation through which German armies...

Question 6

The text states that the ultimate cause of America's entry into World War II was the fact that it pursued policies in both Europe and Asia that invited retaliation. Do you agree with the authors' assessment of why America ultimately entered World War II? If not, why not? If so, what were those policies, and why were Americans willing to risk war to uphold them?

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I agree with the authors' assessment tha

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cordell Hull

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Cordell Hull was an American politician

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Rome-Berlin axis

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The Rome-Berlin Axis refers to the polit

Question 9

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fall of France, (B) Atlantic Conference, and (C) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

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A) B, A, C 
B) A, B, C 
C) C, B, A 
D) A, C, B 
E) C, A, B 
A) B, A, C 
B) A, B, C 
C) C, B, A 
D) A, C, B 
E) C, A, B

Question 10

Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the United States resulted in all of the following except

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A) abandonment of the traditional policy of freedom of the seas. 
B) a decline in the navy and other armed forces. 
C) making no distinction between aggressors and victims. 
D) spurring aggressors along their path of conquest. 
E) balancing the geopolitical and economic scales between Fascist nations and U.S.democratic allies by prohibiting the United States from trading with either group of nations. 
A) abandonment of the traditional policy of freedom of the seas. 
B) a decline in the navy and other armed forces. 
C) making no distinction between aggressors and victims. 
D) spurring aggressors along their path of conquest. 
E) balancing the geopolitical and economic scales between Fascist nations and U.S.democratic allies by prohibiting the United States from trading with either group of nations.

Question 11

From 1925 to 1940, the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed this sequence

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A) embargo to lend-lease to cash-and-carry. 
B) cash-and-carry to lend-lease to embargo. 
C) lend-lease to cash-and-carry to embargo. 
D) embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease. 
E) lend-lease to embargo to cash-and-carry. 
A) embargo to lend-lease to cash-and-carry. 
B) cash-and-carry to lend-lease to embargo. 
C) lend-lease to cash-and-carry to embargo. 
D) embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease. 
E) lend-lease to embargo to cash-and-carry.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Quarantine Speech"

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The "Quarantine Speech" refers to an imp

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​the St. Louis

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The St. Louis, often referred to as the

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-America First Committee

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The America First Committee was a promin

Question 15

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 twenty years after the conclusion of World War I?

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The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s marked

Question 16

Explain how, in the 1930s, "the American people were overwhelmingly anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler, ... but they were desperately determined to stay out [of war]."

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The answer of Explain how, in the 1930s, "the American...

Question 17

By June 1940, a strong majority of American public opinion had come to favor ​

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A) the America First position of keeping America out of the European war at all costs. 
B) declaring war on Nazi Germany and sending American troops to aid the Allies in fighting the Nazis. 
C) permitting U.S.volunteers to fight in Britain. 
D) seeking a peaceful accommodation with Adolf Hitler over Europe that accepted the fall of France. 
E) providing Britain with "all aid short of war," at the risk of armed hostilities with Germany. 
A) the America First position of keeping America out of the European war at all costs. 
B) declaring war on Nazi Germany and sending American troops to aid the Allies in fighting the Nazis. 
C) permitting U.S.volunteers to fight in Britain. 
D) seeking a peaceful accommodation with Adolf Hitler over Europe that accepted the fall of France. 
E) providing Britain with "all aid short of war," at the risk of armed hostilities with Germany.

Question 18

Could the United States have done more to enable Jews to escape from Nazi Germany and later its Nazi-occupied countries in Europe? To what extent was anti-Semitism in the U.S. government and in Congress a major reason more was not done, or was U.S. reluctance to become involved simply another manifestation of domestic political limitations, caused by the strength of isolationism in the 1930s and into 1940, experienced by the Roosevelt administration?

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The United States could have done more t

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-London Economic Conference

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The London Economic Conference was an in

Question 20

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

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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.

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

By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Among the principles of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Atlantic Charter

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Japanese militarism and the "China incident" of 1937

____ The nation through which German armies twice invaded France in the twentieth century.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cordell Hull

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Rome-Berlin axis

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fall of France, (B) Atlantic Conference, and (C) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the United States resulted in all of the following except

From 1925 to 1940, the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed this sequence

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Quarantine Speech"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​the St. Louis

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -America First Committee

Explain how, in the 1930s, "the American people were overwhelmingly anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler, ... but they were desperately determined to stay out [of war]."

By June 1940, a strong majority of American public opinion had come to favor ​

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -London Economic Conference

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

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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. -Among the principles of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -the St. Louis

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