Question 1

By September 1941,

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A)   Germany had agreed with Japan to fight against the United States.
B)   the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union.
C)   Germany claimed it had no interest in engaging America in war.
D)   the German navy had begun to sink American destroyers, including the Reuben James.
E)   President Roosevelt made a secret agreement to send American troops to England.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

During the 1920s,what were the primary objectives of U.S.foreign policy? How did the United States go about achieving these objectives?

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Question 3

In the election of 1940,Franklin Roosevelt

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A)  both selected Henry A.Wallace as his new running mate,and won a closely contested Electoral College victory for his third term.
B)  won a closely contested Electoral College victory for his third term.
C)  None of these answers is correct.
D)  selected Henry A.Wallace as his new running mate.
E)  removed Harry Truman from the ticket at the request of conservatives.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is FALSE?

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A)   The State Department assumed the Japanese would not attack American territory.
B)   More than 2,400 American soldiers and sailors died in the attack.
C)   Few American authorities believed Japan was capable of an attack on Pearl Harbor.
D)   The American aircraft carriers escaped the attack.
E)   The Japanese suffered light losses in the attack.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928

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A)   was an alliance between France and the United States against Germany.
B)   stated that an attack on one nation was an attack on all nations.
C)   was an alliance between France and the United States against Japan.
D)   was signed with wide international acclaim.
E)   was to be enforced with multinational trade embargoes.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

In what ways did the Hoover administration continue past foreign policy? In what way did it break from the past?

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The Hoover administration continued past...

Question 7

All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT

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A)   Russia.
B)   Italy.
C)   Japan.
D)   Britain.
E)   France.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

In 1929,a fascist-led government was in power in

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A)   France.
B)   Germany.
C)   Italy.
D)   Spain.
E)   Japan.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

President Roosevelt's first response to the war in Europe was to request that Congress extend a "lend-lease" plan to the Allies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

During the 1920s and 1930s,interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy

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A)   seemed to grow in the U.S. as it became apparent that Italy would invade Ethiopia.
B)   declined after the investigations chaired by Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota.
C)   was strongly supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
D)   led the U.S. Senate to assert that no single nation was a threat to world peace.
E)   led the United States to give up its membership in the World Court.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

President Hoover upheld the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The American ambassador to London who insisted in 1940 that the British plight was already hopeless was

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A)   Wendell Willkie.
B)   Neville Chamberlain.
C)   Gerald Nye.
D)   Joseph P. Kennedy.
E)   Burton Wheeler.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

The "Good Neighbor Policy" of the Roosevelt administration expanded on earlier changes in foreign policy made by the Hoover administration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The secretary of state of the Harding administration was

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A)   Cordell Hull.
B)   Henry Stimson.
C)   Charles Evans Hughes.
D)   Henry Cabot Lodge.
E)   Charles Dawes.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

) In 1941,the Atlantic Charter

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A)  was signed in Washington,D.C.
B)  was completed by senior military officials in the United States and England.
C)  saw the United States and England claim to share common principles.
D)  gave American merchant ships the authority to fire on German submarines.
E)  saw President Roosevelt agree to an eventual invasion of Europe to drive out the Nazis.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Explain the evolution of American diplomacy toward Japan between 1921 and 1941.

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Question 17

The Neutrality Act of 1937

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A)   allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.
B)   banned the sale of all goods from the United States to any nation at war.
C)   loosened the trade policy for England, while tightening it for Germany and Japan.
D)   stripped the president of many of his powers as commander in chief.
E)   exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Under the Dawes Plan,the United States lent money to European countries to repay war debts owed to the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What steps were taken during the 1930s to reinforce the American retreat from Europe? What steps did the Roosevelt administration take to lead the United States away from isolationism?

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Question 20

The United States failed to join the League of Nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

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