MC Chapter 32/33

Which of the following ways best explains how the United States attempted to influence the outside world

following the conclusion of the First World War?

(A) It established mutual defense treaties to discourage war from occurring.

(B) It granted independence to colonies such as the Philippines to encourage European countries to end their

empires.

(C) It used trade and investment in order to maintain international connections.

(D) It contributed to rebuilding European militaries in order to discourage invasions.

C

The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to

(A) create military bases outside the borders of the United States

(B) lend money to impoverished farmers

(C) provide military supplies to the Allies

(D) provide subsidies to railroads and businesses

(E) exchange scientific information among nations

C

Despite its isolationist position in the 1920’s, the United States government actively intervened throughout the

decade in which of the following areas of European affairs?

(A) International finance and reparations

(B) Collective security against communism

(C) Human rights

(D) Resistance to fascism

(E) Development of international cartels

A

Which of the following best explains United States foreign policy between the First World War and the Second

World War?

(A) The United States enacted an imperialist policy in order to expand the territories it gained during the

Spanish-American War.

(B) The United States followed an isolationist policy in order to avoid becoming involved in another conflict

abroad.

(C) The United States established an expansionist policy in order to revive the concept of Manifest Destiny.

(D) The United States created

B

Which of the following best explains the factor that prompted United States involvement in military actions during

the Second World War?

(A) Germany attempted to convince the Mexican government to attack the United States

(B) Japan conducted a surprise attack on a United States military base

(C) Germany declared war against the United States

(D) The Japanese navy carried out strikes against United States shipping interests

B

Which of the following most immediately increased enthusiasm in the United States for upholding the freedoms

outlined in the excerpt?

(A) The passage of a federal law providing veterans with financial aid in housing and education

(B) The successful detonation of an atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project

(C) The growing number of women working in defense manufacturing

(D) The attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor

D

Roosevelt’s speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

(A) extending New Deal programs to guarantee unemployment benefits

(B) integrating the United States armed forces

(C) aiding the Allies in Europe during the Second World War

(D) enhancing rights protected by the United States Constitution

C

Which of the following most directly contributed to Roosevelt’s view that “freedom from want” was necessary?

(A) The inspiration of Woodrow Wilson’s vision for an international democratic order

(B) The experience of domestic and global economic upheavals during the 1930s

(C) The memory of federal agencies violating some Americans’ civil liberties in the 1920s

(D) The fear of the Soviet threat to spread communism to nations in the West

B

Which of the following was Harry Truman’s stated reason for authorizing the use of the atomic bomb against

Japan?

(A) Using the atomic bomb would prevent the need for a costly invasion of Japan.

(B) Dropping the atomic bomb would demonstrate United States military capability to the Soviets.

(C) An earlier United States land assault against Japan had been unsuccessful.

(D) The development of the atomic bomb had been expensive.

(E) The United States should retaliate in response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

A

Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in the Second World War

(A) African Americans were drafted into integrated units

(B) conscientious objectors were not officially recognized

(C) the draft began before the United States entered the conflict

(D) the draft was administered at the regional and federal levels by the armed forces

(E) exemptions were offered for a range of war-related occupations

C

All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the

need to

(A) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States

(B) keep the Soviet Union out of the war against Japan

(C) save American lives

(D) demonstrate American superiority in weaponry to the Soviet Union

(E) force the unconditional surrender of Japan

C