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The kellogg-Briand Pact

 

a. called for inspection of atomic weapons by the United States.

 

b. denounced war.

 

c. was originally proposed by President Wilson.

 

d. provided for naval disarmament.

 

Definition
b.
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A key factor in the U.S. determination to remain neutral in 1939 was

 

a. The spanish War of 1898.

 

b. World War I.

 

c. sympath for Germany.

 

d.sympath for Italy.

Definition
d.
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The Good Neighbor Plicy of the United States aimed at

 

a. improving relations with Canada

 

b.intervening in China,

 

c. establishing friendly relations with England in W.W. II.

 

d. improving relations with Central and South Amerifcan countries.

Definition
d.
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The significance of the Washington Naval Conference (1921) was the

 

a. the United States agreed to a collective security pact.

 

b. Germany was allowed to participate on an equal basis.

 

c. the major powers agreed to reduce armaments.

 

d. an effective international policy agency was established.

Definition
c.
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United states neutrality legislation in the mid- 1930s aimed at

 

a. assuring United States allies of continued support.

 

b. safeuarding American business interests abroad.

 

c. avoiding the factors that had led the United States into war previously.

 

d. appeasing Hitler's demands for European territory.

Definition
c.
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Senator Gerald P. Nye's investigations (1934-37)

 

a exposed a criminal conspiracy amoung foreign investors.

 

b. suggested that the weapons industry affected U.S. entry into W.W. I.

 

c. revealed that communism was widespread in the State Department.

 

d. concluded that the United states should use economic pressure against the Japanese.

Definition
b.
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One can best describe U.S Policy toward European and Asian militarism in the 1930s as

 

a. interventionist.

b. isolationist.

c. imperialistic.

d.unconcerned.

Definition
b.
Term

The Atlantic charter (1941) established a bond between.

 

a. germany and Italy

b. pland and Germany.

c.the U.s. and England.

d.the U.S. and France.

Definition
c.
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U.S. involvement in the world during the 1920s was assured by

 

a. the worldwide connections of U.S. business.

b. American investments abroad.

c. U.S. territorial possessions abroad.

d. all the above.

Definition
d.
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The japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

 

a. was a complete success.

b. sank or damaged every U.S. ship in the Pacific.

c. killed over 25,000 Americans.

d. missed vital repair facilites.

Definition
d.
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The single greatest factor inthe rise of dicators and militarism in the 1930s was probably

 

a. the fear of communism.

b. the Grat Depression.

c. fear of foreign invasion.

d. resentments form World War I.

Definition
b.
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Which of the following caused President Franklin Roosevelt to temper his views regarding the Axis powers of world War II?

 

a. interventionists

b. isolationists

c.internationalists

d.irreconcilables

Definition
b.
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The U.S. replaced the cash and carry policy in 1941 with

 

a. the Neutrality Acts.

b.lend and lease.

c. the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

d. the Munich Pact.

Definition
b.
Term

The Munich Pact

 

a. was a militaray alliance between Austria and Italy.

 

b. allowed Hitler to keep parts of Cxechoslovakia that he had seized in 1938

 

c. ended the German occupation of Austria.

 

d. pledged German Help to austria in World War I.

Definition
b.
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The Soviet leader of the 1930s was

 

a. Vladimir Lenin.

b.Josef Stalin.

c.Boris Natasha.

d.Karl Marx.

Definition
b.
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American's worst naval defeat occurred at

 

a. pear Harbor.

b. midway Island.

c. the Coral Sea.

d. Leyte Gulf.

Definition
a.
Term

The Stimson doctrine

 

a. called for no more intervention in Latin American.

 

b. morally condemned Japanese aggression in China during the 1930s.

 

c. banned U.S. arms shipments to belligerent countries in the 1930s.

 

d. pledged U.S. aid to European nations opposed to aggression.

Definition
b.
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The country that japan invaded in 1931 was

 

a. China

b. Russia

c. Vietnam.

d. the philippines.

Definition
a.
Term

The military dictator who initiated the Spanish Civel War in 1936 was

 

a. Francisco Rranco.

b. Fidel Castro.

c. Lazaro Cardenas.

d. Jose Pemex.

Definition
a.
Term

The ludlow Amendment of 1938 aimed at

 

a. preventing the United States from entering a war.

 

b. balancing the budget.

 

c. expanding New Deal Programs.

 

d. outlawing the U.S. Communist party.

Definition
a.
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The nationalist Chinese laeader of the 1930s who fought the japanese invasion of his country was

 

a. Jiang Jieshi.

b. Ho Chi Minh.

c. Hideki Tojo.

d.Isoruku Yamamoto.

Definition
a.
Term

The Americans who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civel War against fascism formed a group called the

 

a. Lincoln Brigade.

b. sons of Libety.

c. freedom fighters.

d. Boxers.

 

Definition
a.
Term

The british prime minister during World war II was.

 

a. Wendell Wilie.

b. George Nye.

c. Winston churchill

d. charles Lindbergh.

Definition
c.
Term

In 1940

 

a. most Americans wanted tos ed U.S. troops to fight the Nazis.

 

b. most americans feard Japan more than any other country.

 

c. Germany captured England.

 

d. germany captured France.

Definition
d.
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