Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The "phony war" refers to the early phas

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  about one million 
B)  almost no 
C)  nearly six million 
D)  about 150,000 
E)  only a handful of highly educated 
A)  about one million 
B)  almost no 
C)  nearly six million 
D)  about 150,000 
E)  only a handful of highly educated

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agr

Question 4

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."

Accepted Answer

The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s marked

Question 5

Among the principles of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Churchill were

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

In the 1940 presidential election campaign,both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate,Wendell Willkie,agreed that the

Accepted Answer

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 7

How could the United States have done more to enable Jews to escape from Nazi Germany,and later its occupied territories in Europe? Was anti-Semitism the major reason more was not done,or was U.S.reluctance to become involved simply another manifestation of American isolationism in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

The United States could have done more t

Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ The nation that was sacrificed at the Munich Conference by the Allied nations to achieve "peace in our time."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  assisting their victims with military aid. 
B)  giving only economic help to the targets of aggression. 
C)  beginning to build up their military forces. 
D)  demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations. 
E)  retreating further into isolationism. 
A)  assisting their victims with military aid. 
B)  giving only economic help to the targets of aggression. 
C)  beginning to build up their military forces. 
D)  demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations. 
E)  retreating further into isolationism.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The term "merchants of death" is a pejor

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Munich conference

Accepted Answer

The Munich Conference, held from Septemb

Question 12

Americans reacted to Franco's efforts to stage a coup in Spain by

Accepted Answer

A)  supporting Franco and his rebels. 
B)  recruiting thousands of men and women as volunteers to fight Franco in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. 
C)  pushing the US government to send arms and aid. 
D)  urging that the US end its neutrality. 
E)  None of these 
A)  supporting Franco and his rebels. 
B)  recruiting thousands of men and women as volunteers to fight Franco in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. 
C)  pushing the US government to send arms and aid. 
D)  urging that the US end its neutrality. 
E)  None of these

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  in the 1940 presidential election. 
B)  after a magazine in 1936 mistakenly predicted Alf Landon the winner 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)  None of these 
A)  in the 1940 presidential election. 
B)  after a magazine in 1936 mistakenly predicted Alf Landon the winner 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)  None of these

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

The "China Incident" refers to the outbr

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  "most favored nation" status. 
B)  a role in developing the atomic bomb. 
C)  eight valuable naval bases in the Western hemisphere. 
D)  access to German military codes. 
E)  six air bases in Scotland and Iceland. 
A)  "most favored nation" status. 
B)  a role in developing the atomic bomb. 
C)  eight valuable naval bases in the Western hemisphere. 
D)  access to German military codes. 
E)  six air bases in Scotland and Iceland.

Question 16

It is a common observation that American foreign policy often reflects domestic politics.In what way did domestic considerations influence the Roosevelt administration's recognition of the Soviet Union,adoption of a Good Neighbor policy,and extension of independence to the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

The Roosevelt administration's recogniti

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Good Neighbor policy was a diplomati

Question 19

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 refuge 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 some Hungarian Jews escape. 
A)  Americans helped some German and Austrian Jews seek refuge 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 some Hungarian Jews escape.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism is a form of government

Exam 34: Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

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

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

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

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."

Among the principles of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Roosevelt and British prime minister Churchill were

In the 1940 presidential election campaign,both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate,Wendell Willkie,agreed that the

How could the United States have done more to enable Jews to escape from Nazi Germany,and later its occupied territories in Europe? Was anti-Semitism the major reason more was not done,or was U.S.reluctance to become involved simply another manifestation of American isolationism in the 1930s?

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ The nation that was sacrificed at the Munich Conference by the Allied nations to achieve "peace in our time."

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Munich conference

Americans reacted to Franco's efforts to stage a coup in Spain by

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 the following: -"China incident"

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

It is a common observation that American foreign policy often reflects domestic politics.In what way did domestic considerations influence the Roosevelt administration's recognition of the Soviet Union,adoption of a Good Neighbor policy,and extension of independence to the Philippines?

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

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

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

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

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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