Author Question: As a result of President Roosevelt's quarantine speech in response to Japan's attack on China in ... (Read 66 times)

Melani1276 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Compare the founding and development of society in Virginia and Massachusetts Bay.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

As a result of President Roosevelt's quarantine speech in response to Japan's attack on China in 1937,

a. confirmed isolationists were pleased that the president responded to the incident by invoking the NeutralityActs.
b. those who believed the United States had been too soft on Japan in the past were pleased by Roosevelt'sdenunciation of Japan.
c. Congress froze Japanese assets in the United States.
d. the State Department formulated a program designed to halt Japanese aggression in the Far East.

mmpiza · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 12, 2019

Answer 1

ANSWER: Students should point to the commercialism that dominated Virginia, which encouraged the development of commercial agriculture and indentured servitude. They will identify the Christian utopian impulse that was central to Massachusetts Bay, though the stronger ones will recognize the existence of commercial impulses as well. Students should stress the different institutions that will grow out of these impulses. In Massachusetts, a society of tightly-knit communities and families emerged in contrast to the individualism of Virginia.

Answer 2

b