Question 1

Lend-lease to Great Britain led directly to an American decision to escort convoys of goods across parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Neutrality Act of 1935

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A)   was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind.
B)   included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.
C)   did not prevent the United States from intervening when Italy invaded Ethiopia.
D)   sought to protect America's international trade agreements.
E)   prevented Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 3

During the 1920s,the United States played a more active role in global politics than it ever had in its history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1934,U.S.Soviet relations soured in part because the United States demonstrated little interest in stopping the expansion of

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A)   China.
B)   Italy.
C)   Japan.
D)   Germany.
E)   Great Britain.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The America First Committee

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A)   tried and failed to enlist the support of Charles Lindbergh.
B)   called for increased U.S. assistance to England without any actual intervention.
C)   was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.
D)   was strongly opposed by both major political parties.
E)   was made up largely of Democrats who favored diplomacy to end the war.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 6

In 1937,President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech

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A)   was given in response to the Japanese sinking of the Panay.
B)   warned Japan it faced a U.S. embargo if it continued to be aggressive.
C)   received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.
D)   saw Roosevelt challenge England and France to limit the aggression of Germany.
E)   saw the president call for further isolation from the nation's enemies.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

President Roosevelt's August 1941 meeting with Winston Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland led to a private commitment to use the American military in the war against Hitler.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In his foreign policy for Latin America,President Herbert Hoover

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A)   declared America would henceforth only recognize democratically-elected regimes.
B)   repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
C)   repeatedly ordered troops into various Central American nations.
D)   canceled Latin American war debts owed to the United States.
E)   closely followed the policies of the two previous administrations.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The Hoover administration imposed economic sanctions against Japan for its takeover of Manchuria in the early 1930s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hitler argued in favor of extending German territory for the purpose of Lebensraum.
B)   His rise was partially precipitated by ruinous inflation.
C)   Hitler believed in the genetic superiority of the Aryan people.
D)   Hitler displayed a pathological anti-Semitism and a passionate militarism.
E)   Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The Dawes Plan of 1924

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A)   was designed to help England and France make their debt payments to the United States.
B)   called for the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments.
C)   called for both the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments, and Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments.
D)   called for Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

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A)   approved the first peacetime draft in American history.
B)   repealed the 1935 and 1937 Neutrality Acts.
C)   approved sending U.S. weapons to England.
D)   reaffirmed the desires of isolationists to stay out of the war.
E)   saw the United States end all trade with any nation allied with Nazi Germany.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

What were the weaknesses of U.S.foreign policy during the 1920s?

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Question 14

By the middle of 1940,Germany had defeated

Accepted Answer

A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   the Netherlands.
C)   Norway.
D)   Denmark.
E)   France.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 15

The German sinking of the American ship Reuben James

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A)   essentially triggered an American naval war against Germany.
B)   led Congress to approve American ships sailing into belligerent ports.
C)   led Congress to approve both the arming of American merchant ships and the sailing of American ships into belligerent ports.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   led Congress to approve the arming of American merchant ships.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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