U.S History 16.4 Test

In September of 1939, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a “cash-and-carry” provision. What was this?

• It allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships.

• It allowed the U.S to move weapons and equipment for countries at war for cash.

• It forbid warring nations from buying U.S. arms unless they were willing to put up huge amounts of cash up front.

• none of these

Which countries made up the Axis Powers?

• U.S, France, and Britain

• Germany, Italy and Japan

• Germany, Soviet Union, and Austria

• U.S, Soviet Union, and Poland

Which fact about the Tripartite Pact is true?

• It's aim was to lure the U.S into war.

• It was signed by both the United States and Great Britain.

• If the United States were to declare war on any one of the Axis powers, it would face its worst military nightmare—a two-ocean war, with fighting in both the Atlantic and the Pacific

• all of these are true

Nazi victories in 1940 changed U.S. thinking, and Congress boosted defense spending.

• true

• false

Which statement about the Selective Training and Service Act is false?

• It was the first war time draft

• Sixteen million men between the ages of 21 and 35 were registered.

• One million were to be drafted for one year but were only allowed to serve in the Western Hemisphere.

• all of these are true

Franklin Roosevelt decided to break the tradition of a two-term presidency, begun by _______________________.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

WHo did FDR run against for president in 1940?

• James F. O’Connor

• Wendell Willkie

• Cordell Hull

• Duane Allen

Under this plan, the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States.”

• The Cash and Carry Act

• The Lend Lease Act

• The Tripartite Pact

• The Allied Prospectus Pact

In June 1941, Winston Churchill broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invaded the Soviet Union.

• true

• false

Which of these limited the success of they German Wolf Packs?

• U-boats

• Lend Lease Weapons and equipment

• radar

• all of these