Ch. 23: World War II Erupts - Sections 1 & 2 Review

Why were many Americans committed to isolationism in the 1930s?

• The destruction of World War I had seemed pointless to them.

• Most Americans were pacifists.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt was an isolationist.

• The Great Depression left no money to spend on the military.

Which of the following was an essential component of fascism?

• anarchy

• individualism

• liberty and justice

• nationalism

Which of the following policies did isolationists favor?

• appeasement

• combat roles for women

• isolating Japan in Manchuria

• isolating Hitler in the Sudetenland

In 1939 what caused the prime minister of Great Britain to question the success of his policy of

appeasement?

• A French resistance movement was well organized by the end of the year.

• German U-boats sank the USS Kearny and the USS Reuben James.

• The fall of Poland suggested that Hitler would continue to attack neighboring nations.

• Hitler attacked Norway and Denmark.

Which event led to Germany’s control over France?

• For nearly a year Germany bombed Paris from the air.

• France had stationed too many of its forces in Poland.

• The French were overwhelmed by the German Maginot Line.

• French forces did not expect the Germans to Blitzkrieg attack through the Ardennes Forest.

By 1933 the Nazis became the most powerful party in Germany because

• they effectively played on public discontent and promised to revive German greatness.

• they convinced most Germans that communism was the only cure for Germany’s economic

  problems.

• most Germans thought the Weimar Republic was helplessly corrupt.

• they were the only group that argued that the Versailles Treaty was what Germany deserved.

Winston Churchill condemned Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement.

• TRUE

• FALSE