4. Reason For Leaving: The USA

Question 1

When was the Anglo-American loans?

Answer 1

1947

Question 2

What happened in 1947?

Answer 2

Anglo-American loans

Question 3

Who negotiated the Anglo-American loan in 1947?

Answer 3

John Maynard Keynes

Question 4

What did John Maynard Keynes do in 1947?

Answer 4

negotiated the Anglo-American loan

Question 5

What did Britain gain out of the Anglo-American treaty?

Answer 5

$3.75 billion loan to rebuild

Question 6

Who received a $3.75 billion loan to rebuild?

Answer 6

Britain

Question 7

What were the two catches for the 1947 Anglo-American loan?

Answer 7

Britain dependent on the US
Americans demanded that sterling (£) become fully convertable into dollars, meaning that the British currency reserves plummeted in value

Question 8

What caused the British currency reserves to plummet in value?

Answer 8

Anglo-American loan, where the British had to make the sterling fully convertible into dollars

Question 9

Who was growing in strength in America?

Answer 9

Militant Zionists

Question 10

What happened to militant Zionists during the war in America?

Answer 10

Grew in strength

Question 11

What happened in May 1942?

Answer 11

A conference of American Zionist organisations at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City passed a series of declarations that called for
unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine after the war and the establishment of a Jewish state.

Question 12

When was the Biltmore conference?

Answer 12

May 1942

Question 13

Where did the Zionist organisation meet for their conference in May 1942?

Answer 13

Biltmore Hotel in New York

Question 14

What was passed at the Biltmore conference in May 1942?

Answer 14

Passed a series of declarations that called for

unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine after the war and the establishment of a Jewish state.

Question 15

In what conference was a series of declarations that called for
unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine after the war and the establishment of a Jewish state?

Answer 15

Biltmore conference in May 1942

Question 16

What did the Biltmore conference act as?

Answer 16

a catalyst for the mass lobbying of members of Congress by American Zionists

Question 17

What acted as a catalyst for the mass lobbying of members of Congress by American Zionists?

Answer 17

Biltmore conference in May 1942

Question 18

Why did both the Democrats and Republicans endorse the creation of the state of Israel?

Answer 18

lobbying of members of Congress by American Zionists

Question 19

Who endorsed the creation of Israel in 1944?

Answer 19

Democrats and Republicans

Question 20

Which president called for Jewish immigration?

Answer 20

President Truman

Question 21

What did President Truman call for?

Answer 21

Jewish migration to Palestine

Question 22

What happened in April 1946?

Answer 22

He called for 100,000 Jewish immigrants to be admitted to Palestine, when Bevin was committed to a quota of 1,500

Question 23

Who called for 100,000 Jewish migrants to be admitted into Palestine, when there was a quota of 1,500?

Answer 23

President Truman in April 1946

Question 24

When President Truman called for 100,000 Jewish migrants to be let into Palestine in April 1946, what was Bevin’s quota?

Answer 24

1,500

Question 25

When President Truman called for 100,000 Jewish migrants to be let into Palestine in April 1946, who had a quota of 1,500?

Answer 25

Bevin

Question 26

When did President Truman call for 100,000 Jewish migrants to be let into Palestine?

Answer 26

April 1946

Question 27

How many Jews did President Truman want to be admitted into Palestine in April 1946?

Answer 27

100,000

Question 28

Who did President Truman elect to the American UN delegation?

Answer 28

John Hilldring, who was pro-Zionist

Question 29

Why was John Hilldring elected to the American UN delegation?

Answer 29

Pro-Zionist

Question 30

Which pro-zionist did President Truman elect to the American UN delegation?

Answer 30

John Hilldring