HY 121 Chapter 22
What four freedoms did President Roosevelt the "essential human freedoms"? - correct answer
✔✔freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear
This policy offered a belated recognition of the sovereignty of America's neighbors. It also reinforced the
idea that the United States would engage in reciprocal exchanges with Latin American countries. -
correct answer ✔✔Good Neighbor Policy
In 1931, seeking to expand its military and economic power in Asia, Japan invaded _____________, a
province of northern China. Troops moved farther in 6 years later. When Japanese overran the city of
______________, an estimated 300,000 Chinese prisoners of war and civilians were massacred. - correct
answer ✔✔Manchuria; Nanjing
The Italian leader _____________ ____________, founder of fascism, a movement similar to Hitler's
Nazism, invaded and conquered Ethiopia. - correct answer ✔✔Benito Mussolini
Why did FDR stand back and watch what Hitler was doing in Germany? - correct answer ✔✔He had to
follow the policy of "appeasement" adopted by Britain and France, which hoped that agreeing with
Hitler's demands would prevent war.
_____________-- the 1930s version of Americans' long-standing desire to avoid foreign entanglements--
dominated Congress. - correct answer ✔✔isolationism
These laws banned travel on belligerents' ships and the sale of arms to countries at war. These policies,
Congress hoped, would allow the US to avoid the conflicts over freedom of the seas that had contributed
to involvement in WWI. - correct answer ✔✔Neutrality Acts
On September 1st, 1939, immediately after the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact, Germany invaded
__________. This time, Britain and France, which had pled to protect said invaded country against
agression, did what? - correct answer ✔✔Poland; declared war
, Within a year of Germany invading Poland (1940), the Nazi ______________ (lightning war) had overrun
Poland and much of Scandinavia, Belguim, and the Netherlands. - correct answer ✔✔blitzkreig
On June 14, 1940, German troops occupied ________. - correct answer ✔✔Paris
In September 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan created a military alliance known as what? - correct
answer ✔✔the Axis
Congress in 1940 agreed to allow the sale of arms to Britain on a "_____ ____ ______" basis--that is,
they had to be paid for in cash and transported on British ships. - correct answer ✔✔cash and carry
In 1940, breaking a tradition that dated back to Washington, Roosevelt announced what? - correct
answer ✔✔he was running for a third term
Who ran as the Republican candidate against Roosevelt in 1940? What did he endorse? - correct answer
✔✔Wendell Willkie, Wall Street businessman and lawyer who endorsed New Deal social legislation
Who won the election of 1940? - correct answer ✔✔FDR
In December 1940, FDR announced that the US would become the "____________ ______
___________," providing Britain and China with military supplies in their fight against Germany and
Japan. - correct answer ✔✔arsenal of democracy
This act authorized military aid so long as countries promised somehow to return it all after the war. -
correct answer ✔✔Lend-Lease Act
What tragic incident happened on December 7th, 1941? - correct answer ✔✔attack on Pearl Harbor
What was December 7th termed? - correct answer ✔✔"a date which will live in infamy"
What four freedoms did President Roosevelt the "essential human freedoms"? - correct answer
✔✔freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear
This policy offered a belated recognition of the sovereignty of America's neighbors. It also reinforced the
idea that the United States would engage in reciprocal exchanges with Latin American countries. -
correct answer ✔✔Good Neighbor Policy
In 1931, seeking to expand its military and economic power in Asia, Japan invaded _____________, a
province of northern China. Troops moved farther in 6 years later. When Japanese overran the city of
______________, an estimated 300,000 Chinese prisoners of war and civilians were massacred. - correct
answer ✔✔Manchuria; Nanjing
The Italian leader _____________ ____________, founder of fascism, a movement similar to Hitler's
Nazism, invaded and conquered Ethiopia. - correct answer ✔✔Benito Mussolini
Why did FDR stand back and watch what Hitler was doing in Germany? - correct answer ✔✔He had to
follow the policy of "appeasement" adopted by Britain and France, which hoped that agreeing with
Hitler's demands would prevent war.
_____________-- the 1930s version of Americans' long-standing desire to avoid foreign entanglements--
dominated Congress. - correct answer ✔✔isolationism
These laws banned travel on belligerents' ships and the sale of arms to countries at war. These policies,
Congress hoped, would allow the US to avoid the conflicts over freedom of the seas that had contributed
to involvement in WWI. - correct answer ✔✔Neutrality Acts
On September 1st, 1939, immediately after the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact, Germany invaded
__________. This time, Britain and France, which had pled to protect said invaded country against
agression, did what? - correct answer ✔✔Poland; declared war
, Within a year of Germany invading Poland (1940), the Nazi ______________ (lightning war) had overrun
Poland and much of Scandinavia, Belguim, and the Netherlands. - correct answer ✔✔blitzkreig
On June 14, 1940, German troops occupied ________. - correct answer ✔✔Paris
In September 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan created a military alliance known as what? - correct
answer ✔✔the Axis
Congress in 1940 agreed to allow the sale of arms to Britain on a "_____ ____ ______" basis--that is,
they had to be paid for in cash and transported on British ships. - correct answer ✔✔cash and carry
In 1940, breaking a tradition that dated back to Washington, Roosevelt announced what? - correct
answer ✔✔he was running for a third term
Who ran as the Republican candidate against Roosevelt in 1940? What did he endorse? - correct answer
✔✔Wendell Willkie, Wall Street businessman and lawyer who endorsed New Deal social legislation
Who won the election of 1940? - correct answer ✔✔FDR
In December 1940, FDR announced that the US would become the "____________ ______
___________," providing Britain and China with military supplies in their fight against Germany and
Japan. - correct answer ✔✔arsenal of democracy
This act authorized military aid so long as countries promised somehow to return it all after the war. -
correct answer ✔✔Lend-Lease Act
What tragic incident happened on December 7th, 1941? - correct answer ✔✔attack on Pearl Harbor
What was December 7th termed? - correct answer ✔✔"a date which will live in infamy"
