US History Isolation and Appeasement Extra Credit

“National Defense at Any Expense, but Keep Our Boys at Home.”

This 1941 slogan of the America First Committee promoted

• globalism

• protective tariffs

• isolationism

• reduced military spending

Before entry into World War I and before entry into World War II, the United States adopted foreign policies that

• stopped the spread of European aggression

• supported peace efforts of international organizations

• favored democratic nations but were officially neutral

• encouraged war by signing collective security treaties

The Washington Naval Conference (1921), the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), and the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were all attempts by the United States to

• increase military spending

• show support for the United Nations

• assume a position of world leadership

• avoid policies likely to lead to war

Adoption of the “cash and carry” policy in 1939 and passage of the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 showed a growing commitment of the United States to

• provide aid to the Allied nations

• force the Japanese out of Korea

• increase trade with Italy

• end German violations of American territory

The Lend-Lease Act was passed by Congress in 1941 primarily to

• assist Great Britain in World War II

• stabilize the international banking system

• maintain the traditional policy of strict neutrality toward Germany

• encourage trade with Japan

The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 were enacted by Congress to

• help the United States recover from the Great Depression

• stop Nazi Germany from conquering Europe

• aid the Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War

• prevent the United States from being drawn into another world war

The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 significantly changed United States policy toward nations involved in World War II because it

• supplied war materials to Allied nations without a declaration of war

• imposed a trade boycott on Germany and Japan

• authorized the seizure of British assets in the United States

• approved the appeasement policies of the French and British governments

Which trend in United States foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal of 1940, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

• withdrawal from overseas colonies

• expansion of trade with the Axis powers

• increase in support for the Allied powers

• reduction in war preparedness

The entrance of the United States into World War II was preceded by

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s successful effort to end the Holocaust in Europe

• unauthorized presidential use of United States troops in Japan

• American aid to help Great Britain defend itself against German aggression

• legislation encouraging the immigration of war refugees

President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the United States needed to become the “great arsenal of democracy” mainly because he was trying to

• increase the number of Supreme Court justices

• assist the Allied nations

• limit the influence of the defense industry

• gain public support for a third term