Twenty Questions WWII

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1. These acts prohibited Americans from sailing on the ships of warring nations when the president proclaimed the existence of a foreign war? Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936 and 1937

2. What did Germany do shortly after signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union? Germany invaded Poland and started WWII

3. In 1940, the U. S. gave Britain American destroyers, what did the U 3. In 1940, the U.S. gave Britain American destroyers, what did the U.S. get in exchange? Britain gave the U.S. 8 naval bases in the Western hemisphere

4. Why was FDR motivated to run for a 3rd term in 1940? The belief that the U.S. needed his experienced leadership during the international crisis

5. In 1941, why did Japan believe that it had no alternative to war with the U.S.? The U.S. demanded Japan withdraw from China and cut off needed raw materials

6. Why were efforts to bring large #s of Jewish refugees from Germany to the U.S. blocked? Restrictive immigration laws and opposition from Southern Democrats and the State Department

7. Why were Japanese-Americans placed in concentration camps during WWII? Result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear

8. What slogan did many Blacks rally around during WWII? “Double V”

9. Why did the northward migration of Blacks increase after WWII? Mechanical cotton pickers were being used

10. How was the spending of enormous sums of money on the atomic bomb justified? That the Germans might develop the bomb 1st

11. How did WWII change many Native American lives? Many moved off the reservations; trend continues throughout 20th century

12. What substitute was used instead of opening a major second front in France? North Africa and then up through Italy

13. What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific? Explain it. Island-hopping across the Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds

14. What was the fundamental strategic decision of WWII made by FDR and Churchill at the beginning of the war? Hitler (Germany) First; then focus on the war in the Pacific

15. How did the American people respond in the 1930s to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy and Japan? Retreated further into isolationism

16. What was the majority American public opinion about aiding Britain in 1940? Provide Britain with “all aid short of war”

17. From 1925-1940, the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed what sequence? Embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease

18. What African-American militant organization that believed in non-violent resistance was organized in 1942? CORE: Congress of Racial Equality

19. During the 1930s FDR’s foreign-trade policy focused on what to increase trade? Lowering the tariff

20. FDR’s withdraw from this led to a trend towards extreme nationalism in Europe. London Economic Conference (1933)