Author Question: What held the Grand Alliance together during World War II? What will be an ideal response? (Read 58 times)

jman1234 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following was one of the four freedoms Franklin Roosevelt identified in his State of the Union address in 1940?

A) freedom to travel and work abroad
B) freedom to pursue higher education
C) freedom of assembly and petition
D) freedom of speech and expression

Question 2

Question 3

How did the United States contribute to the Allied war effort in World War II?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What held the Grand Alliance together during World War II?

What will be an ideal response?

irishcancer18 · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: B

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Before the United States officially entered the war, the Lend-Lease program supplied Britain and the Soviet Union with the war material to continue resisting Germany.
b. American war production was critical to the war effort and instrumental in the Allied victory.
c. The United States coordinated with Britain to open a second front in Western Europe that led to the liberation of France.
d. The United States developed the atom bomb, which would force a Japanese surrender.

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The Grand Alliance included Franklin Roosevelt representing the United States, Winston Churchill representing Britain, and Joseph Stalin representing the Soviet Union.
b. Germany was their common enemy.
c. Roosevelt and Churchill had a personal connection that strengthened their military and political alliance.
d. Roosevelt and Churchill were both committed to the ideals of democracy and freedom.
e. For Stalin, the Alliance was a strategic partnership.
f. He wanted the United States and Britain to open a second front in Western Europe.