Crash Course US History WW II Part 1

What did the Treaty of Versailles do?

• Forced the US military to remain in Europe

• Remade the map of Europe

• Had Britain pay Germany for war damages

• Allowed France to dominate European politics

Which organization was a failure because the United States did not join?

• The League of Nations

• The United Nations

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• The Rome-Berlin Axis

Two events that shaped US foreign policy in the 1930s are the Great Depression and

• World War I

• Prohibition

• Imperialism

• Incorporation

US foreign policy after WW I can generally be described as

• aggressive

• interventionist

• imperialist

• isolationist

Which area of the world was affected by the Good Neighbor Policy?

• Europe

• Latin America

• Asia

• Africa

What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts?

• To ban trade with countries that had tariffs

• To reduce the number of warships a country had

• To ban sales of arms to warring nations

• To prevent the US from joining the League of Nations

What did the "cash and carry" policy allow?

• British wounded to be treated in US hospitals if their government paid the bill

• Companies to do business with the Axis nations

• The transportation of troops into war zones

• The US to sell weapons to Britain for money

Why did the US enter WW II after December 7, 1941?

• Germany began sinking passenger boats

• France surrendered and Germany threatened to bomb NYC

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• The Italian ambassador promised to aid Mexico against the US

Where did the largest surrender of American forces take place?

• Bataan

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• El Alamein

What was the result of the Battle of the Coral Sea?

• Denmark was liberated from German rule

• The Axis forces lost control of Africa

• Australia was protected from a Japanese invasion

• Filipinos were slaughtered by the Japanese