Question 1
In 1934, U.S. Soviet relations soured in part because the United States demonstrated little interest in stopping the expansion of
A. China.
B. Italy.
C. Japan.
D. Germany.
E. Great Britain.
Question 2
The Neutrality Act of 1937
A. allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.
B. banned the sale of all goods from the United States to any nation at war.
C. loosened the trade policy for England, while tightening it for Germany and Japan.
D. stripped the president of many of his powers as commander in chief.
E. exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act.
Question 3
President Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy
A. limited land purchases by U.S. companies in neighboring countries.
B. was abandoned by the United States at the start of World War II.
C. expanded initiatives begun under Herbert Hoover.
D. gave nations allied against fascism preferential loan rates.
E. was designed to keep the peace in western Europe.
Question 4
During the 1920s and 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy
A. seemed to grow in the U.S. as it became apparent that Italy would invade Ethiopia.
B. declined after the investigations chaired by Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota.
C. was strongly supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
D. led the U.S. Senate to assert that no single nation was a threat to world peace.
E. led the United States to give up its membership in the World Court.
Question 5
The Neutrality Act of 1935
A. was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind.
B. included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.
C. did not prevent the United States from intervening when Italy invaded Ethiopia.
D. sought to protect America's international trade agreements.
E. prevented Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations.
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