Chapter 25 Review

The Washington Conference of 1921

• A. attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.
• B. saw the Harding administration refuse to participate in it.
• D. ended as a diplomatic failure for the United States.
• E. attempted to create a world court.

The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with

• B. the League of Nations.
• C. the civil war in Russia.
• D. Japanese aggression toward China.
• E. armament limitations.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928

• B. was to be enforced with multinational trade embargoes.
• C. was signed with wide international acclaim.
• D. stated that an attack on one nation was an attack on all nations.
• E. was an alliance between France and the United States against Japan.

The Dawes Plan of 1924

• A. called for the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments.
• B. was designed to help England and France make their debt payments to the United States.
• C. called for Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments.
• E. All these answers are correct.

In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in

• A. Germany.
• B. Spain.
• C. Italy.
• E. France.

Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?

• A. His rise was partially precipitated by ruinous inflation.
• B. Hitler displayed a pathological anti-Semitism and a passionate militarism.
• D. Hitler argued in favor of extending German territory for the purpose of Lebensraum.
• E. Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government “the Weimar Republic.”

In 1932, the Hoover administration, in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria,

• A. issued warnings to the Japanese government.
• B. imposed economic sanctions against Japan.
• D. sent Americans to Manchuria to train Chinese pilots.
• E. called for Japanese recognition of the Open Door policy.

In 1934, the Soviet Union complained that the United States had little interest in stopping the expansion of

• A. Germany.
• B. Italy.
• D. Japan.
• E. Great Britain.

During the 1920s and 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy

• A. led the United States to give up its membership in the World Court.
• B. reflected the sentiments of a majority of the American public.
• D. was strongly supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
• E. declined after the investigations chaired by Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota.

The Neutrality Act of 1935

• A. sought to protect America’s international trade agreements.
• B. prevented Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations.
• D. was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind.
• E. included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.