US Foreign Policies 1930s-1941

The immediate cause of United States entry into World War II was that the United States

• had to fulfill its collective

  security agreements with Western European nations

• felt it necessary to defend the

  principle of freedom of the seas

• suffered a direct military

  attack

• was ready to use its superior

  military and atomic capabilities

What was the reaction of the United States to the attack?

• They declared war on Japan the next day
• They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia 
• They asked Great Britain for help 
• They waited several months to see what would happen next 

In the early 1940’s, the "destroyers-for-military-bases deal" with Great Britain and the Lend-Lease Act were evidence that the United States

• recognized that its policy of neutrality conflicted with its self-interest
• followed its policy of neutrality more strictly as World War II progressed in Europe
• believed that the Allied policy of appeasement would succeed
• wanted to honor the military commitments it had made just after World War I

Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism followed by the United States before it entered World War II?

• signing of a collective security pact with Latin American nations
• passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations
• embargo on the sale of gasoline and steel to Japan
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s exchange of American destroyers for British naval and air bases

World War II officially started in Europe with

• D-Day
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• Battle Of the Bulge
• The attack on Poland

The Invasion of which country by Germany was the  reason for the beginning of War in Europe 1939?

• invasion of Austria
• invasion of Poland
• invasion of Hungary
• invasion of Czechoslovakia 

US wanted to remain________ by not taking any sides.

• Isolated
• passive
• neutral 
• invisible

4. Who were part of the Allied Powers? 

• Germany, Italy
• US, Great Britain, U.S.S.R.
• US, Japan, Italy
• Germany, Japan, Italy

Why did President Roosevelt ask Congress to declare war on Japan?

• the attack at Pearl Harbor
• the attack at Iwo Jima
• the sinking of the Lusitania
• the explosion of the USS Maine

Which was one American effort to assist the Allies before its entry into the war?

• The First Neutrality Act 1935
• Lend Lease Program
• The 2nd Neutrality Act of 1936, banning the sale of arms