Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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 fromtrading 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 fromtrading with either group of nations.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  avoided attacking the New Deal. 
B)  refused to raise the racial issue. 
C)  declined to criticize Roosevelt for seeking a third term. 
D)  avoided attacking the draft. 
E)  avoided attacking Roosevelt for his increasingly interventionist policies. 
A)  avoided attacking the New Deal. 
B)  refused to raise the racial issue. 
C)  declined to criticize Roosevelt for seeking a third term. 
D)  avoided attacking the draft. 
E)  avoided attacking Roosevelt for his increasingly interventionist policies.

Question 3

On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a majority of Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  were beginning to question the increased aid given to Britain. 
B)  while still wanting to keep America from formally entering the war, supported providing generous military assistance to Britain to prevent it from falling to Nazi Germany and favored Roosevelt's series of embargoes on Japan-bound supplies and raw materials. 
C)  enthusiastically embracedthe idea that America would enter the war. 
D)  did not oppose Japan's conquests in East Asia. 
E)  were ready to fight Germany but not Japan. 
A)  were beginning to question the increased aid given to Britain. 
B)  while still wanting to keep America from formally entering the war, supported providing generous military assistance to Britain to prevent it from falling to Nazi Germany and favored Roosevelt's series of embargoes on Japan-bound supplies and raw materials. 
C)  enthusiastically embracedthe idea that America would enter the war. 
D)  did not oppose Japan's conquests in East Asia. 
E)  were ready to fight Germany but not Japan.

Question 4

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

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Cordell Hull was an American politician

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

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

On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a majority of Americans

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

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

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

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

On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a majority of Americans

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

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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