USH 11 Chapter 11 Review: A World in Flames

Benito Mussolini exploited the public's fears by portraying fascism as a defense against

• militaristic expansion.

• democracy.

• communism.

• economic depression.

One of the new political parties to rise during the political and economic chaos in Germany after World War I was the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the

• Socialist Party.

• Nazi Party.

• Fascist Party.

• Bolshevik Party.

At first Britain and France gave in to Hitler's demands, a policy known as

• appeasement.

• militarism.

• nationalism.

• unification.

At the Munich Conference, Britain and France informed Czechoslovakia's leaders that they must give up the Sudetenland.

• True

• False

In September of 1939, World War II officially started when Germany invaded Russia, leading to declarations of war by Britain and France.

• True

• False

When German troops entered Austria, Hitler announced the Anschluss, or unification, of Austria and Germany.

• True

• False

President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for

• cash and manufactured goods.

• a promise to pay at the war's end.

• the use of British bases in the Atlantic.

• a new agreement on trade.

The Neutrality Act of 1939 permitted the United States to sell arms to warring countries, but only

• on a cash-and-carry basis.

• to Britain and its allies.

• in exchange for military bases.

• to nations in the Pacific.

In 1940 which group pushed for stronger action against Germany and the repeal of the neutrality laws?

• the America First Committee

• the Fight for Freedom Committee

• the Committee to Defend America

• the Four Freedoms Compromise

In July of 1940, Congress gave President Roosevelt the power to put economic pressure on Japan by

• attacking Japanese submarines.

• building up American defenses in the Philippines.

• sending lend-lease aid to China.

• blocking the sale of strategic materials to Japan.