Chapter
Twenty-Five
America’s Rise to
World Leadership,
1929-1945
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As part of the Good Neighbor policy,
the Roosevelt administration
1. provided large financial aid grants to Mexico and
Haiti.
2. decided to permit unrestricted immigration from
Mexico.
3. ended all tariff restrictions in the Western
Hemisphere.
4. veered away from the earlier practice of
intervening militarily in Latin American nations.
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As part of the Good Neighbor policy,
the Roosevelt administration
4. veered away from the earlier practice of
intervening militarily in Latin American nations.
Hint: The Good Neighbor policy meant that the
United States would not interfere in Latin
America. A good example is the U.S.’s decision
not to intervene in Mexico in an attempt to force
the latter to reverse its nationalization of foreignowned oil holdings. See page 792.
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Passage of neutrality acts in 1935,
1937, and 1939
1. reflected Roosevelt’s determination to stay out of
European affairs at any cost.
2. was the American response to decisions made by
the League of Nations.
3. mirrored public sentiment in favor of isolationism.
4. resulted from Germany’s warnings to the United
States to stay out of European affairs.
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Passage of neutrality acts in 1935,
1937, and 1939
3. mirrored public sentiment in favor of isolationism.
Hint: Isolationist views were widespread. See pages
792–793.
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The congressional reaction to the
Panay incident made it obvious that
Congress
1. was unwilling to check Japanese militarism.
2. was prepared to abandon isolationism to defend
American honor.
3. was prepared to support the president in his
Pacific policy.
4. would not tolerate German threats of war.
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The congressional reaction to the
Panay incident made it obvious that
Congress
1. was unwilling to check Japanese militarism.
Hint: Congress made it clear that it was uninterested
in retaliatory action against Japan. See pages
794–795.
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The Lend-Lease Act
1. provided Roosevelt with the means to supply
Britain, even though the United States was still
neutral.
2. required Britain to lease bases in its Asian
colonies to the United States in return for
American loans to fight the Germans.
3. won the support of isolationists because it did not
commit America to either side in the European
war.
4. was pushed through Congress by corporations
eager to profit from the war in Europe.
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The Lend-Lease Act
1. provided Roosevelt with the means to supply
Britain, even though the United States was still
neutral.
Hint: Under its terms, the president could lend or
lease war materiel to countries deemed essential
to American security. See page 798
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A critical result of the battle for the
Atlantic was that
1. Germany destroyed almost the entire British fleet.
2. the United States withdrew most of its ships from
the Pacific, making Japan confident that the
United States would not object to its expansion.
3. Germany’s submarines were driven from the
seas, making it possible for Britain to be rearmed
by the United States.
4. the United States repealed all its neutrality laws
and thus moved closer to war with Germany.
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A critical result of the battle for the
Atlantic was that
4. the United States repealed all its neutrality laws
and thus moved closer to war with Germany.
Hint: The sinking of U.S. vessels by German
submarines led Congress to revoke the neutrality
laws. See page 799.
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Tension between the United States
and Japan increased when
1. the Japanese ambassador threatened that his
nation would attack the Philippines.
2. Japan joined in an alliance with Germany and
Italy.
3. Washington and Tokyo broke off all negotiations a
year before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
4. Roosevelt decided to prohibit the sale of rice to
Japan.
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Tension between the United States
and Japan increased when
2. Japan joined in an alliance with Germany and
Italy.
Hint: This helped prompt the United States to
increase its military presence in the eastern
Pacific. See pages 799–801.
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Inflation did not become a serious
problem during the war because
1. labor became scarce when millions of men
entered the army.
2. businessmen voluntarily did not raise prices as a
patriotic gesture.
3. it became a felony to raise prices.
4. the government established price and wage
controls throughout the economy.
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Inflation did not become a serious
problem during the war because
4. the government established price and wage
controls throughout the economy.
Hint: It regulated prices, wages, and rents. This
dampened inflation. See pages 804–807.
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When President Roosevelt noted that
December 7, 1941, was “a day which
will live in infamy,” he referred to
1. the break in diplomatic relations between the
United States and Japan.
2. Hitler’s signing of a defense pact with Japan.
3. the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
4. Congress’s rejection of a new Lend-Lease Act.
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When President Roosevelt noted that
December 7, 1941, was “a day which
will live in infamy,” he referred to
3. the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Hint: See page 801.
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Native Americans during World War
II
1. were, like African Americans, segregated in the
military.
2. refused to support the war effort because of the
mistreatment they had suffered in the past.
3. on the whole benefited from their wartime
experiences.
4. suffered casualties on the battlefront way in
excess of their proportion among the general
population.
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Native Americans during World War
II
3. on the whole benefited from their wartime
experiences.
Hint: Native Americans benefited from new job
opportunities and from opportunities to establish
lives outside of the reservations. See page 806.
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With the outbreak of the war, the
New Deal
1. was accelerated to provide even more jobs.
2. was quickly put aside.
3. was pronounced a success and quickly ended.
4. proceeded at the same pace.
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With the outbreak of the war, the
New Deal
2. was quickly put aside.
Hint: Because New Deal programs were no longer
economically necessary and because the
Democrats suffered politically from the public’s
dissatisfaction with the pace of the war and with
wartime economic conditions, the New Deal was
largely shut down. See page 804.
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