7.2 America Debates Involvement

What ultimately prevented the Nazis from conquering Great Britain in 1940?

• the Munich Pact

• the Maginot Line

• the Allied naval forces

• the British Royal Air Force

How did the Neutrality Act of 1939 differ from the previous Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in 1935, 1936, and 1937?

• It instituted a ‘peacetime draft’ to strengthen the nation’s armed forces in case of attack.

• It prevented Americans from making loans or sending aid to belligerents or nations at war.

• It allowed for the deployment of U.S. forces when U.S. mercantile interests were threatened.

• It had a provision allowing the sale of goods and weapons to countries at war on a ‘cash-and-carry’ basis.

Which was effectively an economic declaration of war against Germany and the Axis Powers?

• the Tripartite Pact

• the Lend-Lease Act

• the Atlantic Charter

• the Selective Service Act

What was the effect of Hitler's blitzkrieg tactics?

• Germany was able to take over much of Europe by 1940.

• The United States was convinced to remain neutral.

• The German economy was strained, and Hitler began his forced labor camps.

• France and Britain sent troops to defend Poland.

What did the Nazi-Soviet pact accomplish for Germany?

• It allowed Germany to attack Poland with having to fight on two fronts.

• It granted Germany a testing ground for new technology.

• It gave Germany new territory as the Soviets tried to appease Hitler.

• It gave Germany a pledge of military support from the Soviet Union.

Which argument sums up the difference between isolationists and interventionist regarding aid to the Allies?

• Isolationists thought aid would bring us into war; interventionists thought aid would keep us out of the war.

• Interventionists thought aid would bring us into war; isolationists thought aid would keep us out of the war.

• Isolationists thought aid would help end the Depression; interventionists thought aid would prolong the Depression.

• Interventionists thought aid would help end the Depression; isolationists thought aid would prolong the Depression.

What was the Atlantic Charter?

• a pact signed by Great Britain and the United States that endorsed certain principles for building a lasting peace and establishing free governments in the world

• a pact signed by Great Britain, France, and the United States agreeing to declare war on Germany and divide its lands after the war

• a pact signed by Great Britain and the United States agreeing to avoid entangling alliances with the Soviet Union

• a pact signed by the Soviet Union and the United States agreeing to first focus on the war in the Pacific before turning their attention to defeating Germany

What was the importance of the Lend-Lease Act?

• It stated the United States would only accept an unconditional surrender of Germany.

• It showed the United States clearly supported the Allies.

• It endorsed national self-determination for the post-war world.

• It showed Roosevelt could be flexible when negotiating with the Soviet Union.