Chapter 16: World War Looms

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Chapter 16: World War Looms

Section 1 – Dictators Threaten World Peace

1. How did World War I and the Treaty of Versailles sow the seeds of World War II?

2. Fill in the chart below.

Country / Leader / Type of Government / Definition/Description of Government
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
Spain

3. Why did the Japanese invade Manchuria in 1931?

4. Refer to the political cartoon on the right to respond to questions a, b and c.

a. What does Uncle Sam turning his back on Europe show about American attitudes in the late 1930s?

b. What U.S. policy does the cartoon imply?

c. Why might the Atlantic Ocean have appeared to shrink in the late 1930s?

5. Why were Americans supporting a neutral position in the 1930s regarding the growing political and military tensions in Europe?

6. How did some Americans become involved in the fight against totalitarianism in the 1930s?

7. What did the Nye Committee disclose about World War I?

8. Describe President Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy.

9. What was the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act?

10. Why did FDR take a strong stand against isolationism in the late 1930s?

11. Describe how each of these issues helped President Roosevelt challenge a policy of isolationism

China Incident –

Quarantine Speech –