US History Quiz 16

“In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression–everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way–everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want–which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear–which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor–anywhere in the world."

Franklin Roosevelt address to Congress, January 1941

Question: What issue is the cause of this speech by Franklin Roosevelt?

• Aggression from totalitarian governments

• Aggression from isolationist governments

• Aggression from members of Congress towards the New Deal

• Aggression from labor unions in factories and war industries

In December 1940, shortly after he received Churchill’s appeal, Roosevelt began working to persuade Congress and the public that more direct aid to Britain was in America’s vital interest. Franklin Roosevelt held a press conference in which he introduced to the public the idea of giving, as opposed to selling, military supplies to Britain. He likened the plan to giving a garden hose to a neighbor so that the neighbor could put out a fire in his house; the neighbor would then return the hose “intact” or, if it got “smashed up—holes in it—during the fire,” replace it with a new one."

Question: Using this excerpt what action did the United States take in 1940?

• Franklin Roosevelt attempted to pack the Supreme Court

• The United States Senate passed the Quarantine Act

• The United States began the internment of Japanese Americans

• The United States Senate passed the Lend-Lease Act

Which of the following helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany?

• German victory during the First World War

• Economic crisis caused by the Great Depression

• Support from the Soviet Union

• Support from minority communities

Leader of the Soviet Union

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Hideki Tojo

• Joseph Stalin

British leader who stood up to Nazism and vowed that Britain would never surrender

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Neville Chamberlain

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

How did the political philosophy of fascism contribute to the results shown on the timeline?

• by glorifying military achievements

• by encouraging communal ownership

• by encouraging international revolution

• by glorifying domestic accomplishment

Select all of the following characteristics of a totalitarian state

• Dictatorship

• Use of propaganda and fear

• Strong aggressive military

• Freely held elections

• Term limits for leaders

Select all of the leaders of totalitarian states during the 1930s

• Joseph Stalin

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

Select all of the causes of World War 2

• Rise of totalitarian states

• Great Depression

• Effects of World War I

• Progressive Movement

Which action prompted the United States to officially enter World War II?

• The German use of blitzkrieg tactics in Europe

• Japanese military actions in Indochina

• German submarine attacks on U.S. merchant ships

• The Japanese bombing of a U.S. military base