World War II

Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this 1942 cartoon?

• Allied goals in World War II will affect every nation.
• The Atlantic Charter will help only Europe and Asia.
• The United States intends to rule the entire world.
• American strategy will be to win the war in the Pacific first.

Which action is an example of international appeasement?

• Congress authorizing the Manhattan Project
• Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
• Germany signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
• Great Britain and France agreeing to Hitler’s demand for part of Czechoslovakia

The change in the rate of unemployment between 1941 and 1942 is best explained by the

• Response of President Herbert Hoover to the stock market crash
• Effects of the Wagner Act
• Passage of the National Recovery Act
• Entry of the United States into World War II

The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) illustrates a commitment to the concept of

• Colonialism
• Isolationism
• Mutual Defense
• Human Rights

…We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war…
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dec 29, 1940  
In urging the United States to become the “arsenal of democracy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt meant the nation should

• Make its neutrality laws more restrictive
• Create a military draft
• Provide war materials to Allied nations
• Send troops to Europe to fight in the war