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US History CH 14

Vocabulary

Question: dictator who wanted to unite all Germanic people into one state
Answer: Adolf Hitler

Question: Germany’s peaceful union with Austria
Answer: anschluss

Question: document that strengthened the alliance between the United States and Britain
Answer: The Atlantic Charter

Question: “lightning war”
Answer: blitzkreig

Question: formal alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan
Answer: tripartite pact

Questions 1

Question: How did the attack on Pearl Harbor change the political divisions between the isolationists and interventionists?
a. The attack increased the political divisions.
b. The attack ended the political divisions.
c. The attack turned interventionists toward isolationism.
d. The attack did little to change the political divisions.
Answer: b. The attack ended the political divisions.

Question: How did support for the Allies change following Roosevelt’s reelection in 1940?
a. Support decreased; Congress refused to provide additional aid.
b. Support increased; Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act.
c. Support increased; Congress urged the President to declare war.
d. There was no change; the United States continued its isolationist policy.
Answer: b. Support increased; Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act.

Question: Which ships survived the attack on Pearl Harbor untouched?
a. battleships
b. destroyers
c. light cruisers
d. aircraft carriers
Answer: d. aircraft carriers

Question: After declaring war, the United States government
a. repealed the Neutrality Act of 1939.
b. enacted a draft because few Americans wanted to fight in the war.
c. transformed peacetime industries into war industries.
d. withdrew economic support from Britain because it was no longer needed.
Answer: c. transformed peacetime industries into war industries.

Question: After the United States declared war, the nation’s economic situation
a. improved.
b. worsened.
c. stalled.
d. remained unchanged.
Answer: a. improved.

Questions 2

Question: How did the Great Depression eventually change Germany politically?
a. Germans eventually believed that democracy would solve their economic problems.
b. Germans eventually believed that Hitler would solve their economic problems.
c. Thousands of Germans eventually emigrated to communist nations in search of jobs.
d. The German parliament eventually became more powerful.
Answer: b. Germans eventually believed that Hitler would solve their economic problems.

Question: Which of the following actions did Japan take in an attempt to recover from the Great Depression?
a. Japan adopted democratic principles.
b. Japan reduced military spending.
c. Japan abandoned its constitutional monarchy.
d. Japan seized control of resources in other nations.
Answer: d. Japan seized control of resources in other nations.

Question: What impact did the appeasement policy of the United States, Britain, and France have on German aggression?
a. It encouraged more aggression.
b. It reduced aggression.
c. It restricted aggression to certain regions.
d. It brought peace to Europe.
Answer: a. It encouraged more aggression.

Question: The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed nations at war to buy arms and other supplies from the United States as long as those nations
a. agreed to keep the United States out of the conflict.
b. promised not to use the materials against the United States.
c. paid cash and transported the materials themselves.
d. adopted democratic policies in their own countries.
Answer: c. paid cash and transported the materials themselves.

Question: Which of the following was perceived as being equivalent to declaring economic war against the Axis Powers?
a. the Munich Pact
b. the Tripartite Pact
c. the Atlantic Charter
d. the Lend-Lease Act
Answer: d. the Lend-Lease Act

Questions 3

Question: Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?

Answer: The Nazi party

Question: Interventionists claimed that the United States could avoid war if it
a. sent aid to Britain.
b. refused aid to Britain.
c. sent aid to all nations at war.
d. refused aid to any nation at war.
Answer: a. sent aid to Britain.

Question: What goal did President Roosevelt hope to achieve when he enacted the embargo on naval and aviation supplies in 1940?
Answer: to stop Japanese expansion

Question: What role did the Office of War Mobilization (OWM) play during the war?
a. It issued propaganda statements.
b. It monitored civilian activities.
c. It supervised use of industry resources.
d. It recruited soldiers for military service.
Answer: c. It supervised use of industry resources.

Question: Italy and Japan were dissatisfied with the peace settlements provided in the Treaty of Versailles because both countries expected more
a. financial assistance from the United States and Britain.
b. guidance in establishing their own democratic governments.
c. territory in exchange for their sacrifices during World War I.
d. representation in the League of Nations.
Answer: c. territory in exchange for their sacrifices during World War I.

Questions 4

Question: Why did the United States initially follow a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
a. The United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles.
b. The United States supported Hitler’s desire to create a unified Germanic state.
c. The United States was afraid that Germany would attack the United States if appeasement were not offered.
d. The United States believed that Austria posed a greater threat than did Germany.
Answer: a. The United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles

Question: The League of Nations did not prevent German and Italian aggression against other nations because it
a. had no standing army and no real power to enforce its decrees.
b. supported German and Italian aggression.
c. focused only on Japanese aggression.
d. was already involved in the Spanish Civil War.
Answer:

Question: One of the ways that Mussolini maintained his power in Italy was by
a. allowing freedom of the press.
b. disbanding youth groups.
c. supporting strikes.
d. outlawing political parties.
Answer: d. outlawing political parties.

Question: How did Roosevelt’s response to German aggression toward Britain differ from his response to Japanese aggression toward China?
a. He condemned the aggression toward China but not toward Britain.
b. He condemned the aggression toward Britain but not toward China.
c. He condemned both acts of aggression but provided support to Britain.
d. He remained neutral in both cases.
Answer: c. He condemned both acts of aggression but provided support to Britain.

Question: Who appeared to be winning the war in Europe at the end of 1940?
a. Germany and Italy
b. the Soviet Union
c. Britain and France
d. the United States
Answer: a. Germany and Italy