World War 2

The Nye Committee was formed to

• investigate the statehood for Hawaii board

• Investigate arms manufacturers who pushed the US into the war

• answers a & b

• none of these

The Nye Committee report documented

• the formation of a board to abolish the vote for minorities

• that the Germans were involved in a wide scale fraud

• that arms makers had huge profits during the war

• that arms makers were innocent of all accusations

The Nye Committee Report was important because

• its findings convinced Americans to turn toward isolationism

• it made a case that Hawaii should become a state

• it made a case that World War I was justified

• all of these

The Law passed in 1935 that made it illegal to sell arms to any country at war was called

• The Freedom Act

• The New Deal

• The Neutrality Act

• None of these

The law that made it illegal to sell arms to countries at war was created as a result of

• a growing desire to isolate from conflict in Europe

• a feeling that the US was being sucked into war

• the Neurality Act of 1935

• all of these

The idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and prevents war was called

• industrialization

• corporate interests

• isolationism

• internationalism

In 1936, Civil War broke out in

• France

• the US

• Spain

• Switzerland

The law which allowed the US to lend or lease arms to any country deemed necessary to our defense was called

• The Neutrality Act 0f 1935

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The Fair Trade Act

• None of these

The Atlantic Charter was created to

• make a promise between England and the US

• to advance democracy

• to advance free trade with England

• All of these

in 1941, the Germans killed over 100 US sailors when they sank an American destroyer named

• The Tommy Lee

• The Lusitania

• The Reuben James

• None of these