Slides: Isolationism

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT a weakness of the LoN?

• They had no army

• The United States did not join

• The Council met three times a year

• Assembly decisions had to be unanimous

Multiple Choice

What foreign policy did the United States pursue after its involvement in World War I?

• The United States seized territories from its European rivals to build its empire.

• The United States paid for the rebuilding of Great Britain and France.

• The United States led the League of Nations to promote peace.

• The United States limited its involvement in international affairs.

Multiple Choice

After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson played a role in the shaping of the Treaty of Versailles.  Despite President Wilson’s efforts, the United States Senate refused to ratify the treaty.

Which concern led the U.S. Senate to reject the Treaty of Versailles?

• The treaty would draw the United States into foreign entanglements through the League of Nations.

• The treaty would force the United States to surrender the territory it gained during the war.

• The treaty would allow the League of Nations to develop its own standing army.

• The treaty would be too forgiving to Germany following its defeat in the war.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason the Senate did not support the U.S. joining the League of Nations?

• Did not want involved in future foreign wars

• Opposed Germany’s membership of the League of Nations

• Resisted colonialism in Africa and Asia

• Feared the Security Council

Multiple Choice

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was:

• An agreement to limit military alliances.
• A treaty to promote trade.
• A pact to establish a global currency.
• An international agreement to prevent war.

Multiple Select

Which three countries later comprised the Axis Powers during World War II?

• United States

• Germany

• Russia

• Italy

• Japan

Multiple Select

Which two countries were the first to violate the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

• Britain

• Japan

• Austria-Hungary

• Russia

• Germany

Multiple Select

Following WWI: Check all that apply

• The Spanish-Flu ravaged the world

• The 1st Red Scare commenced in the US

• Communist and anarchist ideologies spread among the American working class

• Russia became a communist country

• American farmers had trouble selling their crops