APUSH - Ch. 34

Question 1

why did FDR withdraw from the London Economic Conference?

Answer 1

he was unwilling to sacrifice the possibility of domestic recovery for the sake of international cooperation - he wanted inflation but they wanted to stabilize

Question 2

Why did the U.S. recognize the Soviet Union?

Answer 2

trade and counterweight to German and Japanese power

Question 3

The U.S. promised the Philippines independence. Why?

Answer 3

Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934 provided independence 12 years later after political and economic tutelage - they were becoming a burden

Question 4

What were the reasons for the Good Neighbor Policy? (2)

Answer 4

needed Latin America allies

regional power

Question 5

Describe FDR’s foreign policy position

Answer 5

isolated but wanted foreign trade

Question 6

How did FDR view tariffs?

Answer 6

lowers tariffs to increase trade - Reciprocal Trade

Question 7

How did the U.S. respond to aggression around the world in the 1930s?

Answer 7

isolation

Question 8

Give examples of the aggression by each of the dictators (3)

Answer 8

Mussolini invades Ethiopia

Hitler invades Czechoslovakia

Franco overthrows the Republic of Spain

Question 9

what was the affect of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 36, and 37? (4)

Answer 9

Abandonment of the tradition freedom of the seas

making no distinction between aggressors and victims

spurring aggressors along their path of conquest

balancing the scales

Question 10

How was the U.S. too respond, based on the Neutrality Acts when countries went to war?

Answer 10

Americans were prohibited from sailing on the ships of the warring nation, no selling or transporting munitions to them

Question 11

Which side did the U.S. support in the Spanish Civil War?

Answer 11

Neutral – allowed Spain to become a fascist dictatorship

Question 12

How did the American people respond to the Quarantine Speech in 1937?

Answer 12

Isolationists protested it

Question 13

What was the “deal” arrived at in Munich in 1938?

Answer 13

British and French bought peace with Hitler by handing over Czechoslovakia

Question 14

What happened after Germany’s non-aggression agreement with the Soviet Union ?

Answer 14

Germany invades Poland and starts WWII

Question 15

What did we do when a ship tried to bring Jews to this country to escape the camps?

Answer 15

Sent them away

Question 16

How did the U.S. help Jews during the Holocaust?

Answer 16

War Refugee Board, only about 150,000 Jews found refuge in the U.S.

Question 17

How did Congress react to the fall of France?

Answer 17

Pass a conscription law, neutrality ended

Question 18

By 1940, describe the American public opinion

Answer 18

Favored providing Britain with all aid short of war

Question 19

Why did FDR run for a third term in 1940?

Answer 19

US needed experienced leadership during this crisis

Question 20

Describe lend-lease

Answer 20

Focus on intense debate between internationalists and isolationists , direct challenge to the axis dictators, neutrality abandoned, factories prepare for all-out war production

Question 21

What did the U.S. do when Germany invaded the Soviet Union?

Answer 21

Lend-lease available to SU

Question 22

Describe Wendell Wilkie’s campaign in 1940

Answer 22

Avoided attacking the New Deal

Question 23

By 1941, why did Japan decide to go to war against the U.S.?

Answer 23

FDR insisted Japan withdraw from China

Question 24

Why was the U.S. surprised by the attack at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 24

FRD expected Malaya or the Philippines to be attacked

Question 25

Before Pearl Harbor, how did most Americans feel about the war?

Answer 25

Wanted the US to stay out of war

Question 26

Arrange these events in order: Atlantic Conference, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, and the fall of France.

Answer 26

Fall of France, Hitler invades SU, Atlantic Conference