Question 1
The America First Committee
A. tried and failed to enlist the support of Charles Lindbergh.
B. called for increased U.S. assistance to England without any actual intervention.
C. was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.
D. was strongly opposed by both major political parties.
E. was made up largely of Democrats who favored diplomacy to end the war.
Question 2
In the election of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt
A. both selected Henry A. Wallace as his new running mate, and won a closely contested Electoral College victory for his third term.
B. won a closely contested Electoral College victory for his third term.
C. None of these answers is correct.
D. selected Henry A. Wallace as his new running mate.
E. removed Harry Truman from the ticket at the request of conservatives.
Question 3
The German sinking of the American ship Reuben James
A. essentially triggered an American naval war against Germany.
B. led Congress to approve American ships sailing into belligerent ports.
C. led Congress to approve both the arming of American merchant ships and the sailing of American ships into belligerent ports.
D. All these answers are correct.
E. led Congress to approve the arming of American merchant ships.
Question 4
The lend-lease plan
A. saw England allow the construction of American military bases in British territory.
B. allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned when the war was over.
C. saw England agree to allow jobless Americans to enlist in the British military.
D. was extremely controversial and barely passed the Senate.
E. saw the U.S. lend funds to the Allies so they could lease war supplies from the U.S.
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