Pageant Chap. 35

1. The collapse of this conference strengthened the global trend towards extreme nationalism by making international cooperation difficult.

London

2. What did the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 do for the Philippines?

Gave them independence 20 years later (1946)

3. Which new nation will the US recognize in 1933 about 11 years after its creation?

Soviet Union

4. What was the name of the Italian fascists who came to power in 1922?

Benito Mussolini

5. When will Hitler become Dictator of Germany?

August 1934

6. What was the name of the failed government established in Germany post-Versailles conference?

Weimar Government

7. Why was this government so unpopular?

Unable to control the inflation and unemployment in Germany.

8. What was the name of the deal struck between Germany and Italy in 1936?

Rome-Berlin Axis

9. What country will Italy attack and invade in 1935 in violation of the League of Nations? Who was the leader of that country?

Ethiopia; Hailey Selassie

10. What amendment was discussed in the 1930's which dealt with Congress' power to declare war?

The amendment would prevent Congress from declaring war except in case of invasion—unless there was a favorable popular referendum.

11. What were the findings of the Nye Committee in 1934?

That the US got involved in WWI because of our financial involvement through loans and sales of munitions

12. With these findings what did the Roosevelt administration put forward to prevent US involvement in international wars?

Neutrality Acts of 35, 36, 37.

13. How did these acts try and prevent US involvement in international events?

Once the President declared that a state of war existed, it would be unlawful for the U.S. to ship or sell arms to those countries involved. President also warned citizens travailing abroad (Lusitania incident)Expanded the terms of the first act to prohibit extending loans and credit, as well as selling arms, to warring nations. Response to the Spanish Civil War. Extended the neutrality acts to civil wars as well as to international ones.

14. This war broke out from 1936-39 and was a precursor for WWII because we see a struggle between communism and fascism.

Spanish Civil war

15. Which country will back the communists and fascists in the war in #18?

Communists - Soviet Union; Fascist - Germany

16. Which American unit will take it upon themselves to go and help the communists in that country fight against the fascists?

Abraham Lincoln Brigade

17. Which side of the battle will win and who was the leader of that country for the next twenty years?

Fascists—Francisco Franco

18. When Japan launches an all out invasion of China in 1937, Roosevelt did not invoke the Neutrality Acts. Why?

He didn't want to cut off our shipments of munitions to China.

19. What did Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech state in 1937?

That the nations of the world, including the US, should quarantine the three aggressor nations (Japan, Germany and Italy). Ignore them and they will go away—Yeah Right!!!

20. This incident involved the Japanese sinking an American gunboat in Chinese waters with the loss of two men and their wounded?

Panay Incident

21. Did we go to war after the incident in #24?

NO

22. What area will Hitler remilitarize in 1936 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Rhineland (in between German and France)

23. What was the first territory which Nazi Germany will take over in March of 1938 which was Hitler's homeland?

Austria (what took Germany 5 years will take Austria one month)

24. What area will Hitler be given in the Munich Pact of 1938 signed between Neville Chamberlain (British Prime Minister) and Hitler?

Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) that was taken from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles

25. The Munich Pact is the best example of this policy which tries to give into your opposition instead of facing them in a possible war.

Appeasement

26. What did Hitler do less than 6 months later, breaking his promise in the Munich Pact?

Invaded and took over the rest of Czechoslovakia

27. This pact will be signed in 1939 guaranteeing the Nazi war machine no resistance in moving their armies East?

Hitler-Stalin Pact or Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact or Non-Aggression Pact

28. On September 1, 1939 what took place?

Germany invaded Poland

29. What took place on September 3, 1939?

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany officially starting WWII

30. These Acts by the United States will prevent many Jews from escaping Nazi Germany prior to WWII?

Quota Acts

31. This anti-Semitic priest will preach against the Jews during the 1930s in the United States?

Father Charles Coughlin

32. This will be the first government-sponsored attack on the Jews by Nazi Germany?

Kristallnacht

33. This man will escape the Nazis when he immigrated to the United States in 1933?

Albert Einstein

34. This was the most notorious of the Nazi concentration camps and was responsible for the death of over 1.2 million Jews, gentiles, gypsies, and undesirables.

Auschwitz

35. How many Jews lost their lives during the Holocaust?

6 million

36. What does the term Holocaust mean?

Burnt whole

37. What did the Neutrality Act of 1939 allow the United States to do?

European democracies could buy American war materials, but only on a "cash-and-carry basis."

38. This type of war will take place in Europe between October 1939 and April 1940?

Sitzkrieg "Phony War"

39. Which country will fall to the Nazi War machine in June 1940?

France

40. Which country will begin being attacked by the Nazi War machine in a bombardment by the Luftwaffe from July 1940 to June 1941?

Great Britain - Battle of Britain

41. What will Congress do for the first time in US history in September 1940?

1st Peacetime Draft

42. What major mistake will Hitler make in June 1941?

Stop attacking Great Britain and begin his invasion of the Soviet Union

43. Who was the most effective speechmaker for the Nazis in the United States in 1940?

Charles Lindbergh

44. What tradition will FDR break with his election as President in 1940?

Won a third term breaking the tradition from Washington

45. Who will be the Republican candidate in 1940?

Wendell Willkie

46. What allowed Roosevelt to gain this unprecedented third term?

The foreign crisis

47. What program will be passed in the 1940 which will reverse all of the Neutrality Acts?

Lend-Lease Act 1776

48. What was the underlining concept from this Act?

Send guns, not sons

49. What did Senator Burton Wheeler call this new Act?

The new AAA to plow under every fourth American boy.

50. After the torpedoing of the Robin Moor, an unarmed American merchantman ship by the Germans did the US enter WWII?

NO

51. This document will be formally accepted by Roosevelt and Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill in 1941. It opposed imperialistic annexations, and promised that there would be no territorial changes contrary to wishes of the inhabitants (self-determination).

Atlantic Charter

52. What future international group will be discussed in the document in #54?

United Nations

53. What will lead the Japanese to attack at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?

Support of the Chinese in 1937, High tariff rates, 1940 embargoes on Japan-bound supplies, freezing of Japanese assets in the US and cessation of all shipments of gasoline and other needs for war.

54. On what date was Pearl Harbor Attacked?

December 7, 1941

55. How many men were killed at Pearl Harbor?

2400+

56. What will happen in the United States on December 8, 1941?

Formal declaration of war

57. Was the vote unanimous in Congress to declare war?

NO—loser.

58. What did Roosevelt mean when he called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy"?

It will be the worst day in US history, until September 11, 2001

59. How many waves of attacks did the Japanese plan for Pearl Harbor? How many took place?

Three, two

60. How was being attacked at Pearl Harbor better than being attacked in the ocean?

We were able to recover most of the ships. In the ocean there are on the bottom.

61. Place the following in chronological order: Pearl Harbor, Battle of Britain, Neutrality Act dealing with Civil Wars, US recognizes the Soviet Union, Japan invades China, Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Hitler seizes Austria, Munich Conference, Nazi-Soviet Pact, Atlantic Charter.

US recognizes Soviets, US Neutrality Act of 1937, Japan invades China, Hitler seizes Austria, Munich Conference, Nazi-Soviet pact, Battle of Britain, Invasion of Soviet Union, Pearl Harbor.