Download Chapter 34 Quiz 1.President Franklin Roosevelt`s foreign

Chapter 34 Quiz
1.President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign-trade policy A)lowered tariffs to increase trade.
B)encouraged trade only with Latin America. C)continued the policy that had persisted since the
Civil War. D)was reversed only after World War II. E)sought protection for key U.S. industries.
2.Throughout most of the 1930s, the American people responded to the aggressive actions of
Germany, Italy, and Japan by A)assisting their victims with military aid. B)giving only economic
help to the targets of aggression. C)beginning to build up their military forces. D)demanding an
oil embargo on all warring nations. E)retreating further into isolationism.
3.Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of
_________________________, Hitler's invasion of ___, and Franco's overthrow of the
republican government of _____. A)Egypt; France; Poland B)Albania; Italy; Austria C)Ethiopia;
Czechoslovakia; Spain D)Belgium; the Soviet Union; France E)Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal
4.The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 stipulated that when the president proclaimed the
existence of a foreign war, A)Americans would be prohibited from sailing on the ships of the
warring nations. B)America would sell arms and war materials only to the victim of aggression.
C)American bankers would be allowed to make loans to only one of the warring nations. D)the
United States intended to uphold the tradition of freedom of the seas. E)U.S. diplomats and
civilians would be withdrawn from both warring nations.
5.From 1925 to 1940 the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed
this sequence: A)embargo to lend-lease to cash-and-carry. B)cash-and-carry to lend-lease to
embargo. C)lend-lease to cash-and-carry to embargo. D)embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease.
E)lend-lease to embargo to cash-and-carry.
6.In 1938 the British and French bought peace with Hitler at the Munich Conference by
effectively handing over the nation of A)Poland. B)Danzig. C)Austria. D)Belgium.
E)Czechoslovakia.
7.Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union, 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.
8.The first casualty of the 1939 Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty was A)Poland.
B)Czechoslovakia. C)Austria. D)Belgium. E)the Jews.
9.Congress's first response to the unexpected fall of France in 1940 was to A)revoke all the
neutrality laws. B)expand naval patrols in the Atlantic. C)enact a new neutrality law enabling the
Allies to buy American war materials on a cash-and-carry basis. D)call for the quarantining of
aggressor nations. E)pass a conscription law.
10.America's neutrality effectively ended when A)Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. B)Germany
attacked Poland. C)the conscription law was passed in 1940. D)France fell to Germany. E)Italy
“stabbed France in the back.”
11.In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the United States A)“most
favored nation” status. B)a role in developing the atomic bomb. C)eight valuable naval bases in
the Western hemisphere. D)access to German military codes. E)six air bases in Scotland and
Iceland.
12.By 1940 American public opinion had come to favor A)the America First position. B)active
participation in the war. C)permitting U.S. volunteers to fight in Britain. D)shipping Britain
everything except military weapons. E)providing Britain with “all aid short of war.”
13.When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the United States A)promised aid to the
Soviets but did not deliver. B)refused to provide any help, either military or economic. 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.
14.After the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk, A)Congress
passed the Lend-Lease Act. B)the United States Navy began escorting merchant vessels carrying
lend-lease shipments. C)Congress allowed the arming of United States merchant vessels.
D)Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. E)Roosevelt told the public that
war was imminent.
15.On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a large majority of Americans A)were
beginning to question the increased aid given to Britain. B)still wanted to keep the United States
out of war. C)accepted the 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.
1.A lowered tariffs to increase trade. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 43 Page: 802
2.E retreating further into isolationism. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 44 Page: 803-804
3.C Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 45 Page: 804, 806-807
4.A Americans would be prohibited from sailing on the ships of the warring nations.
Origin: Chapter 34- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 48 Page: 804-805
5.D embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 49 Page: 805, 810, 815
6.E Czechoslovakia. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 53 Page: 807
7.C Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 54 Page: 807, 810
8.A Poland. Origin: Chapter 34- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 55
Page: 807, 810
9.E pass a conscription law. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 60 Page: 812
10.D France fell to Germany. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 61 Page: 812-813
11.C eight valuable naval bases in the Western hemisphere. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 62 Page: 813
12.E providing Britain with “all aid short of war.” Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 63 Page: 813
13.D made lend-lease aid available to the Soviets. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 67 Page: 817
14.C Congress allowed the arming of United States merchant vessels. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 69 Page: 818
15.B still wanted to keep the United States out of war. Origin: Chapter 34Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933, 72 Page: 820