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The secretary of state of the Harding administration was

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Charles Evans Hughes.

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During the Harding administration, the United States

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proposed a dramatic reduction in the fleets of the United States, Britain, and Japan.

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The Washington Conference of 1921

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attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.

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The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with

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armament limitations

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All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT

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Russia

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928

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was signed with wide international acclaim.

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The Dawes Plan of 1924

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All these answers are correct.

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In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover

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repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

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As part of his foreign policy, President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from

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Haiti

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

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Italy

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

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Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."

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

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issued warnings to the Japanese government.

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President Franklin Roosevelt's sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned

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Europe

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In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message, Franklin Roosevelt declared that

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America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization.

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In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that

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established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

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In 1934, U.S.-Soviet relations soured in part because the United States demonstrated little interest in stopping the expansion of

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Japan.

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President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy"

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expanded initiatives begun under Herbert Hoover.

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

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seemed to grow in the U.S. as it became apparent that Italy would invade Ethiopia.

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The Neutrality Act of 1935

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included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.

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The Neutrality Act of 1937

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allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

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In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech

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received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.

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In response to the breakout of the civil war in Spain, the U.S. government joined with Britain and France in an agreement to

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offer no help to either side.

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In 1938, Anschluss

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was proclaimed by Hitler.

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The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over

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Czechoslovakia.

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The Munich agreement of 1938

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was supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Germany began World War II in Europe days after

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a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.

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Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt

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declared the United States would remain neutral.

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By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated

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All these answers are correct.

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The American ambassador to London who insisted in 1940 that the British plight was already hopeless was

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Joseph Kennedy.

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President Franklin Roosevelt's decision in 1940 to give fifty American destroyers to England

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circumvented the cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Acts.

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In July 1940, opinion polls showed the clear majority of the American public

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believed Germany posed a direct threat to the United States.

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The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

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approved the first peacetime draft in American history.

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The America First Committee

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was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.

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In the election of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt

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selected Henry Wallace as his new running mate.

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In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan

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allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned or paid for when the war was over.

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By September 1941,

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the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union.

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The German sinking of the American ship Reuben James

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All these answers are correct.

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In 1941, the Atlantic Charter

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saw the United States and England claim to share common principles.

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The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance among

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Japan, Germany, and Italy.

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In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,

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President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.

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Which of the following statements regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is FALSE?

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The State Department assumed the Japanese would never attack American interests.

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In 1941, Germany's declaration of war against the United States

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occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.

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The United States failed to join the League of Nations.

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True

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During the 1920s, the United States played a more active role in global politics than it ever had in its history.

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True

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In 1921, Charles Evans Hughes feared an arms race would develop on the world's oceans.

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True

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact declared war illegal.

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True

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During the 1920s, U.S. banks and corporations were becoming deeply embedded in the daily economic life of Europe.

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True

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Under the Dawes Plan, the United States lent money to European countries to repay war debts owed to the United States.

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True

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President Hoover upheld the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

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False

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The Hoover administration imposed economic sanctions against Japan for its takeover of Manchuria in the early 1930s.

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False

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The Good Neighbor Policy of the Roosevelt administration expanded on earlier changes in foreign policy made by the Hoover administration.

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True

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The Neutrality Acts of the mid-1930s established the U.S. right to use military action to defend any violation of its neutrality.

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False

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The American preference for neutrality increased in popularity in October 1935 when Mussolini finally launched his anticipated attack on Ethiopia.

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True

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President Franklin Roosevelt made his "quarantine" speech in an effort to block Hitler's takeover of Austria.

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False

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At the time of its announcement, President Roosevelt approved of the Munich agreement.

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True

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Stalin's nonaggression pact with Hitler was signed before the start of World War II in Europe.

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True

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Like Woodrow Wilson before him, President Roosevelt asked the American people to be neutral in thought when war erupted in Europe in 1939.

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False

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President Roosevelt's first response to the war in Europe was to request that Congress extend lend-lease to the Allies.

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False

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By 1940 the American ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph Kennedy, thought that the British cause was hopeless.

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True

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President Roosevelt's decision to give American destroyers to Great Britain was consistent with the "cash-and-carry" provisions of the Neutrality Acts.

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False

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By the time President Roosevelt ran for a third term, a significant majority of the American people believed that Nazi Germany posed a direct military threat to the United States.

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True

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On foreign policy matters, President Roosevelt and his Republican challenger, Wendell Willkie, were in essential agreement.

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True

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Lend-lease to Great Britain led directly to an American decision to escort convoys of goods across parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

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True

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President Roosevelt responded to the Nazi invasion of Russia by extending lend-lease to Russia.

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True

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President Roosevelt's August 1941 meeting with Winston Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland led to a private commitment to use the American military in the war against Hitler.

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False

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The Roosevelt administration refused to issue economic sanctions against Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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False

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Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States knew that a Japanese attack was imminent, but it did not know where the attack would take place.

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True

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In December of 1941, Germany declared war on the United States before the United States declared war on Germany.

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True

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