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In 1931 Japan had invaded Manchuria, crushed Chinese resistance, and set up the puppet state of Manchukuo. Italy, under Benito Mussolini, enlarged its boundaries in Libya and in 1935 conquered Ethiopia. Germany, under Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, militarized its economy and reoccupied the Rhineland (demilitarized by the Treaty of Versailles) in 1936. In 1938, Hitler incorporated Austria into the German Reich and demanded cession of the Germanspeaking Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. By then, war seemed imminent.  \n1. Totalitarian regimes existed in all but which of the following countries?  \na. Canada  \nb. Germany  \nc. Italy  \nd. Japan  \n2. The Japanese renamed Manchuria   .  \na. Japanese Manchuria  \nb. Manchukuo  \nc. Machu Picchu  \nd. New Manchuria  \n3. What country did Italy conquer in 1935?  \n4. What German leader militarized his country’s economy in the 1930s?  \nThe United States, disillusioned by the failure of the crusade for democracy in World War I, announced that in no circumstances could any country involved in the conflict look to it for aid. Neutrality legislation, enacted piecemeal from 1935 to 1937, prohibited trade in arms with any warring nations, required cash for all other commodities, and forbade American flag merchant ships from carrying those goods. The objective was to prevent, at almost any cost, the involvement of the United States in a foreign war.  \n5. During the 1930s, the United States was eager to get involved in international conflicts.  \na. True  \nb. False  \nWith the Nazi conquest of Poland in 1939 and the outbreak of World War II, isolationist sentiment increased, even though Americans clearly favored the victims of Hitler's aggression and supported the Allied democracies, Britain and France. Roosevelt could only wait until public opinion regarding  \nU.S. involvement was altered by events.  \n6. What country was invaded by the Germans in 1939?  \na. China  \nb. Norway  \nc. Poland  \nd. Russia  \nAfter the fall of France and the beginning of the German air war against Britain in mid-1940, the debate intensified  \nbetween those in the United States who favored aiding the democracies and the antiwar faction known as the isolationists. Roosevelt did what he could to nudge public opinion toward intervention. The United States joined Canada in a Mutual Board of Defense, and aligned with the Latin American republicsin extending collective protection to the nations in the Western Hemisphere.  \n7. Americans opposed to joining the war were known as    \na. fraidy cats  \nb. interventionists  \nc. isolationists  \nd. war hawks  \nCongress, confronted with the mounting crisis, voted immense sums for rearmament, and in September 1940 passed the first peacetime conscription bill ever enacted in the United States. In that month also, Roosevelt concluded a daring executive agreement with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The United States gave the British Navy 50 \"overage\" destroyers in return for British air and naval bases in Newfoundland and the North Atlantic.  \n8. When was the first peacetime conscription bill enacted in the United States?  \nThe 1940 presidential election campaign demonstrated that the isolationists, while vocal, were a minority. Roosevelt's Republican opponent, Wendell Wilkie, leaned toward intervention. Thus the November election yielded another majority for the president, making Roosevelt the first, and last, U. S. chief executive to be elected to a third term.  \n9. Who ran against Franklin Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1940?  \nIn early 1941, Roosevelt got Congress to approve the Lend-Lease Program, which enabled him to transfer arms and equipment to any nation (notably Great Britain, later the Soviet Union and Ch","cbCaiqzazaGkfHBX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqzazaGkfHBX","pdf",445367,"English","# War and Uneasy Neutrality\n## Neutrality legislation and isolationism\n## Rearmament, conscription, and U.S. alignment\n## The Lend-Lease Program and the Atlantic Charter","[{\"question\":\"What neutrality laws did the United States enact in the mid-1930s?\",\"answer\":\"Neutrality legislation enacted from 1935 to 1937 restricted arms trade with warring nations, required cash for other commodities, and barred American flag merchant ships from carrying those goods.\"},{\"question\":\"What event in 1940 increased U.S. defense commitment?\",\"answer\":\"After the mounting crisis, Congress voted large sums for rearmament and in September 1940 passed the first peacetime conscription bill in the United States.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Program mentioned in early 1941?\",\"answer\":\"The program allowed Roosevelt to transfer arms and equipment to nations deemed vital to U.S. defense, including Great Britain and later other Allies.\"}]","War and Uneasy Neutrality - worksheet | PDF",1792382662]