Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Kristallnacht, also known as the Night o

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Benito Mussolini

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was an Ital

Question 3

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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A)  Wendell L. Willkie. 
B)  Robert A. Taft. 
C)  Thomas E. Dewey. 
D)  Alfred E. Landon. 
E)  Charles A. Lindbergh. 
A)  Wendell L. Willkie. 
B)  Robert A. Taft. 
C)  Thomas E. Dewey. 
D)  Alfred E. Landon. 
E)  Charles A. Lindbergh.

Question 4

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

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A)  a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists. 
B)  a direct challenge to the Axis dictators. 
C)  the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned. 
D)  the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all-out war production. 
E)  another privately arranged executive deal between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, like the destroyers-for-bases trade. 
A)  a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists. 
B)  a direct challenge to the Axis dictators. 
C)  the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned. 
D)  the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all-out war production. 
E)  another privately arranged executive deal between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, like the destroyers-for-bases trade.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The London Economic Conference was an in

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviato

Question 7

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 8

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

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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 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Winston Churchill

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill was a British statesma

Question 10

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the United States

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A)  promised aid to the Soviets but did not deliver. 
B)  refused to provide any military or economic assistance. 
C)  gave only nonmilitary aid to Russia. 
D)  made lend-lease aid available to the Soviets. 
E)  sent U.S. ships to Soviet naval bases. 
A)  promised aid to the Soviets but did not deliver. 
B)  refused to provide any military or economic assistance. 
C)  gave only nonmilitary aid to Russia. 
D)  made lend-lease aid available to the Soviets. 
E)  sent U.S. ships to Soviet naval bases.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Appeasement refers to the diplomatic pol

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

Most Americans were surprised by the Jap

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agr

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

The United States could have done more t

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 16

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

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A)  Britain and France signed a similar agreement. 
B)  the Soviets attacked China. 
C)  Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. 
D)  Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets. 
E)  the Germans invaded Finland. 
A)  Britain and France signed a similar agreement. 
B)  the Soviets attacked China. 
C)  Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. 
D)  Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets. 
E)  the Germans invaded Finland.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Nazi-Soviet Pact, also known as the

Question 19

As part of his plan to concentrate on alleviating the Depression at home, President Roosevelt's administration

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperated closely with other nations in the London Economic Conference. 
B)  extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. 
C)  abandoned the armed interventionist policy toward Latin America articulated in the (Theodore) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  promised independence to the Philippines. 
E)  sought closer ties with Canada and Mexico. 
A)  cooperated closely with other nations in the London Economic Conference. 
B)  extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. 
C)  abandoned the armed interventionist policy toward Latin America articulated in the (Theodore) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  promised independence to the Philippines. 
E)  sought closer ties with Canada and Mexico.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Rome-Berlin Axis refers to the polit

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benito Mussolini

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winston Churchill

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the United States

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

As part of his plan to concentrate on alleviating the Depression at home, President Roosevelt's administration

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

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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Exam 12: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benito Mussolini

The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was

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

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winston Churchill

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the United States

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

As part of his plan to concentrate on alleviating the Depression at home, President Roosevelt's administration

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

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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