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Age of Isolationism
Day One
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Study Guide—Part I
1. In 1940 and 1941 a _______________ ________________ took place in the _______________________
about America’s role in the world and what to do about events in ___________________________
and ____________________.
2. Give two reasons why the United States entered World War I.
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3. What was Wilson’s fourteenth point?
4. The Senate’s willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact reflected two strong and widely held
sentiments. What were they?
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5. List two ways the Great Depression affected Americans.
a.
b.
6. What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930?
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Age of Isolationism
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7. What was the New Deal?
8. List three ways that President Roosevelt began to restore confidence in the economy.
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9. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930’s? Give three reasons.
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b.
c.
10. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons?
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11. How did the United States respond to Japan’s attack of China in 1931?
12. Why was the United States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military
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Between World Wars: FDR and the TRB
Age of Isolationism
Day Two
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Study Guide—Part II
1. What was the primary goal of American “isolationists”?
2. Why did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
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5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt’s leadership radical and dangerous.
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Age of Isolationism
Day Two
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7. What was the massacre at Nanking?
8. On ______________________ 1939, ___________ troops marched into Poland. Two days later,
___________________ and ________________ ,in defense of Poland, declared war on Germany. The
_____________________ War had begun and the debate about the U.S. role reached a deafening
clamor in the United States.
9. What was “Cash and Carry”?
10. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
11. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
12. Why did the America First Committee think that Roosevelt was two-faced?
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