Ch. 25 - 27 Exam Study Guide

The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with

armament limitations

All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT

Russia.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928

was signed with wide international acclaim.

The Dawes Plan of 1924

All these answers are correct.

The Neutrality Act of 1935

included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.

The Neutrality Act of 1937

allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

In response to the breakout of the civil war in Spain, the U.S. government joined with Britain and France in an agreement to

offer no help to either side.

In 1938, Anschluss

was proclaimed by Hitler.

The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over

Czechoslovakia.

Germany began World War II in Europe days after

a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.

By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated

All these answers are correct.

In 1941, Germany's declaration of war against the United States

occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.

The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

approved the first peacetime draft in American history.

The America First Committee

was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.

In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan

allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned or paid for when the war was over.

The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance among

Japan, Germany, and Italy.

In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

The Battle of Midway in 1942

All these answers are correct.

During WWII, the War Production Board

favored large over small contractors

During WWII, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

by President Roosevelt to stop black protesters from marching on the capital

In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program which

admitted Mexican contract laborers into the U.S. for a limited time

One reason Operation Overlord succeeded was that

Eisenhower surprised the Germans by attacking at Normandy.

The Battle of the Bulge

was the last major battle of the western front

The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

was the largest naval engagement in history

The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was

Battle of Iwo Jima

In 1945, the Japanese surrender to the U.S.

All these answers are correct.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.

In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for

each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others.

In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it

quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

All these answers are correct.

U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

was offered to the Soviet Union.

The United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to

both a humanitarian concern for the European people, and a desire to create strong European markets for American goods.(ATAAC)

The National Security Act of 1947

All these answers are correct.

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

creation of a unified West Germany.

In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

airlifting supplies to West Berlin.

The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated

the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world.

The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the

military invasion by North Korea into South Korea

As a result of the Korean War, the

American public believed there was something wrong with the United States.

During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of

rail and steel.

The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War

prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea.

The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II

was pro-Western.

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

the Soviet Union.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

accused of passing American secrets to its enemies.

When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government, he was a

first term Republican senator

Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the

State Department

During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government

he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist

The election of 1952 saw

television play a role in the campaign

The results of the election of 1952 saw

the end to a long period of Democratic dominance

All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT

the US left Korea in 1946

In 1950, the Truman administration responded to the onset of fighting in Korea by

calling on the UN to intervene

As a result of the Korean war, the

american public believed there was something wrong with the US

The Munich agreement of 1938

was supported by President Roosevelt