Author Question: In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go ... (Read 59 times)

D2AR0N · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

A) The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved.
B) Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany.
C) The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong.
D) The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity.
E) All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him.

Question 2

The America First Committee argued that

A) the United States was endangered by internal subversion, not possible German invasion.
B) the United States had to defend itself by launching a preemptive war against Germany.
C) the United States would assist the British but stay out of the war.
D) the United States had the strength to stand alone and did not need to form relationships or pacts with any European country.
E) the United States had to defend itself by going to war against Japan before Japan attacked the United States.