America’s Entry into the War - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

What made it increasingly difficult for President Roosevelt to stay neutral during World War II?

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C: Germany’s growing power and Britain’s desperate need

Question 2

What saved many British and French forces from the Germans in 1940?

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C: the Evacuation of Dunkirk

Question 3

How did the United States demonstrate its isolationist policy before World War II?

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C: by avoiding alliances and other international relationships

Question 4

Why did Germany sign a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?

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D: Hitler wanted to prevent a two-front war.

Question 5

Why did the 1939 cash-and-carry amendment to the Neutrality Acts favor Britain over Germany?

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D: Britain had a larger fleet of ships to carry arms than Germany.

Question 6

Germany’s invasion of which country started World War II?

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C: Poland

Question 7

Which of these was a reason the US adopted a policy of isolationism before World War II?

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B: the large number of American casualties in World War I

Question 8

Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech signaled a shift in US foreign policy from isolationism to

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C: internationalism.

Question 9

Which piece of Roosevelt’s legislation, passed in 1941, stirred up the most controversy?

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A: the Lend-Lease Act

Question 10

During which decade did the US pursue a policy of isolationism?

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B: 1930s

America’s Entry into the War - Quiz Quiz Answers