CS #20- Isolationism Before WWII

Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the U.S. in the years between WWI and WWII?

• Isolation from European military conflicts
• Containment of Communism
• Active membership in the League of Nations
• Military alliances with France and Great Britain

The refusal of the U.S. to join the League of Nations reflected a desire of the nation to

• Return to a policy of isolation
• Abandon neutrality in favor of collective security
• Take an active role in solving the world’s economic problems
• Actively involve itself in preventing world tensions from leading to war

The U.S. government banned loans to nations at war and prohibited the sale of arms to nations at war. What do these actions tell us the government intended to do?

• Keep the US out of war
• Protect American colonies from foreign aggression
• Limit the influence of Japan in the Pacific
• Support efforts for the US to join the League of Nations

What was a major goal of US foreign policy in the 1930s?

• Provide defensive weapons to our European friends
• Increase European immigration to the United States
• Fund the building of a wall separating France and Germany
• Bring Hitler and Mussolini to trial as war criminals

Which trend in US foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act and the Lend-Lease Act?

• Withdrawal from overseas colonies
• Expansion of trade with the Axis powers
• Increase in support for the Allied powers
• Reduction in war preparedness

Which policy below reflects the isolationist sentiment in the United States prior to entering World War II?

• using the Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary to justify intervention in Latin America
• banning arms sales to nations at war in the Neutrality Acts
• aiding countries that fought fascist aggression through cash and carry policies
• exchanging American destroyers for British naval and air bases

During the 1930s, the U.S. attempted to remain isolationist while being pulled further into war amidst growing tension in Europe. Which U.S. policies in this period reflect U.S. involvement in Europe? Select four correct answers.

• Atlantic Charter
• Cash-and- Carry
• Destroyers for Bases
• Lend- Lease
• Monroe Doctrine

avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs

• collective security
• isolationism
• interventionism
• expansionism

Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them

• Lend Lease Act
• cash and carry
• Neutrality Acts
• Destroyers for bases agreement

legislation passed by Congress in 1941 adopting a plan to lend arms to Britain

• Lend Lease Act
• cash and carry
• Neutrality Acts
• Destroyers for bases agreement