Unit 8 (S.17-19)

(19A) The Lend-Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to

• stay out of World War I.

• supply iron and oil to Japan.

• divide land acquired from the Mexican War.

• let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s

(19A) The United States became directly involved in World War II following

• Germany's attack on Britain.

• the German invasion of Poland

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• the sinking of the Lusitania.

(19A) The main goal of the Japanese in their attacks against the United States in December 1941 was

• to cripple the US Pacific fleet

• to divert US attention from the war in Europe.

• to convince the United States not to enter the war.

• to force the US to enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers

(19A) According to the map, which area would have received the most amount of aid in under the Lend-Lease Act?

• China

• India

• Britain

• New Zealand

(19A) How did the German and Japanese governments MOST LIKELY view America's passing of the Lend-Lease Act?

• as a guarantee that the United States would stay neutral

• as a symbol of the United State aggressive foreign policy

• as the United States making an unofficial declaration of war

• as the United States moving away from isolationist policies

(19A) Franklin Roosevelt's policies of "Cash and Carry" and "Lend-Lease"

• resulted in the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939

• were designed to supply Great Britain and other Allied nations with war materiel.

• prevented Congress from entangling the country in the ongoing conflict in Europe.

• were designed to aid the unemployed during the latter years of the Great Depression.

(19E) Most of the people in the internment camps in the United States during World War II were

• German-Americans.

• African-Americans.

• Italian-Americans.

• Japanese-Americans.

(19C) The poster seen here makes reference to

• the involvement of women in the abolitionist movement

• the role of women in securing the prohibition of alcohol.

• women contributing to the labor force during World War II

• women’s fight to gain the right to vote after World War I

(19C) During World War II, a widely adopted means of solving labor shortage problems in U.S. industry was to

• employ women

• use forced labor.

• enact welfare reform.

• raise the immigration quotas.

(19D) Executive Order 9066, issued by FDR in 1942, dealt with the issue of

• the "Four Freedoms" case for American defense of basic rights throughout the world.

• ordering Japanese-Americans along the west coast to report to internment camps.

• ending the segregation of minority troops from white troops.

• declaring war on the Axis Powers.