- Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy
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proclaimed, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
declared, "No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another" in Latin America.
led to a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union.
helped to shape the Yalta agreements at the end of World War II.
led to a scrupulous "hands-off" policy in Latin America, even in instances where American interests were threatened.
- Which of the following did the Roosevelt administration object to the most because it threatened the economic interests of the United States?
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the Anschluss between Austria and Germany
the Italian invasion of Ethiopia
the Munich Pact, which handed the Sudetenland over to Germany
Japanese aggression against China
the German invasion of Russia
- In response to the outbreak of World War II, the United States revised its neutrality statutes so that
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belligerents could purchase weapons as long as they paid for them in cash and took them away in their own ships.
American merchant vessels might be able to carry cargoes to belligerents' ports.
no weapons could be sold to any nation participating in the European war.
only Britain, and not Germany, would be able to buy weapons from the United States.
it could secretly aid nations that wanted to join the Axis.
- In the fall of 1939, an overwhelming majority of the American people believed that
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the United States should have nothing whatsoever to do with European affairs.
it was important to save England and France from defeat, but even more important for the United States to stay out of war.
England was just as much to blame for starting World War II as was Germany.
the United States should declare war on Germany because the defeat of England would pose a threat to American security.
none of these.
- In September 1940, in an effort to bolster American security and at the same time help England, President Roosevelt concluded an executive agreement with Prime Minister Churchill that
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sold American tanks and cruisers to Great Britain on a deferred payment schedule.
allowed Britain to use American air bases in exchange for a guarantee of safe Atlantic passage for American merchant vessels.
transferred fifty overage American destroyers to Britain in exchange for leases on British air and naval bases in the Western Hemisphere.
drew up a timetable for eventual American participation in the war against Hitler.
provided $5.2 billion in direct military assistance.
- Lend-lease
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was favored by isolationists as a way to prevent the United States from having to fight in World War II.
favored the Germans because they were considered better credit risks than the British and Soviets.
was extended to both Britain and the Soviet Union to help them defeat the Nazis.
was one of the most unpopular policies of the Roosevelt administration because it was pulling the country into a war the majority wished to avoid.
all of these.
- In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war, despite continued conflicts and Washington's overt bellicosity toward Japan. Why?
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The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved.
Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany.
The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong.
The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity.
All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him.
- The Manhattan Project was the
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area in New York City where expatriate German scientists settled during World War II.
code name for the Soviet espionage network specializing in secret scientific American projects during World War II.
area in New Mexico where navy scientists worked on new sonar devices during World War II.
secret plan to move the government to New York City in the event of a Japanese invasion.
secret $2 billion project to develop an atomic bomb.
- During World War II, the publishing industry experienced the beginnings of a major change, which was marked by the
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acceptance of quality paperback books.
creation of the Government Printing Office.
decline of magazines and the rise of radio.
first million-seller in publishing history.
widespread distribution of pornography.
- A. Philip Randolph's call for a massive march on Washington led to
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an executive order permitting the military to evacuate and intern Japanese living on the West Coast.
an executive order prohibiting employment discrimination and creating a Fair Employment Practices Committee.
passage of the Smith-Connally Act restricting union strikes and protests.
prosecution of the sailors involved in the "zoot suit" riot against the Chicanos.
integration of the armed forces.
- Which of the following conditions was revealed in wartime Hawaii?
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the impact of wartime hysteria on racial divisions and tensions
the social experiments of women in a society where there was a shortage of men
the situation in a society that had been insulated from immigration
the outlines of an increasingly multicultural United States
the benefits of improved communication and transportation
- Although Japan's sea and air power was totally shattered by the end of 1944, why didn't the imperial government surrender to the United States?
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President Roosevelt refused to allow a surrender until a full-scale invasion of Japan could be accomplished.
Japanese military leaders refused to allow the civilians in the government to negotiate a peace.
The tripartite pact required that Japan continue fighting until Germany had been victorious in Europe.
Every Japanese election demonstrated that the Japanese people wanted to continue the war.
all of these
- At the time of the Yalta Conference in February 1945,
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the American army was just about to enter Berlin.
the war in the Pacific was coming to a rapid close.
Soviet troops had overrun Eastern Europe and were fifty miles from Berlin.
the Soviet Union was near military collapse.
Britain and the United States were still arguing over the details of a cross-channel invasion.
- At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except
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entry into the war against Japan.
recognition of Jiang Jieshi as the ruler of China.
establishment of democratic governments in Eastern Europe.
free elections in Poland.
withdrawal of all troops from Eastern Europe as soon as the war was over.
- The Axis powers included
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Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan.
Japan, Germany, and Italy.
Italy, Austria, and France.
the United States, France, and Britain.
the United States, Italy, and Australia.