6.4 A Neutral America

Many Americans opposed the 1941 Lend-Lease Act because they feared it would...

• place the United States in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

• be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

• cause the country to fall into an economic recession.

• draw the United States into the war in Europe.

The U.S. decision to provide “all aid short of war” to allies came at a time when....

• Germany had taken much of Europe and was bombing Great Britain.

• Austria and Germany conquered Denmark and overran Norway.

• Japan had invaded the Philippines and bombed Pearl Harbor.

• Great Britain and France had both just declared war with Germany.

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt’s feelings toward joining the war?

• He did not understand the position of the isolationists and was eager to join the war.

• He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy.

• He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States.

• He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the war.

What was the goal of the Cash and Carry Act of 1939?

• It allowed the United States to purchase foreign arms.

• It allowed the U.S. government to sell weapons to Allied nations involved in World War II.

• It established that all future arms sales from the United States would involve cash only – no loans or credit.

• It allowed private industries to sell arms to any country without government approval.

Before 1937, when dictators in Japan, Germany, and Italy came to power, the United States wanted to....

• offer economic aid to Great Britain to try to avoid a conflict.

• build up its military forces and offer arms to threatened nations.

• remain isolated and ban arms sales to nations at war.

• join the League of Nations to control the strength of dictators.