Chapter 37 Questions

  1. How did Japan view the U.S. letting go of the Philippines? (p. 826)
  2. Why did President Franklin Roosevelt actually recognize the Soviet Union in 1933? (p. 827)
  3. How was the US economy kick started by the Reciprocal Trade Agreements of 1934? (p. 827)
  4. Who emerged as the dictators of USSR (Soviet Union), Italy, and Germany? (p. 828)
  5. Why did the German people come to follow Adolph Hitler? (P.828)
  6. What role did the Treaty of Versailles play in the rise of Hitler in Germany and Imperial Japan? (p. 828)
  7. What trade restrictions were implemented with the Neutrality Acts? (p. 830)
  8. Who lead the Spanish rebels against the existing Gov’t and what other dictators aided him? (p. 830)
  9. What territory did Hitler take in March 1938? (p. 832)
  10. What did the Western European powers agree to in September 1938? (p. 831-832)
  11. What was the significance (to Hitler) of the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939? (p. 832)
  12. What role did this new European war play in ending American unemployment? (p. 833)
  13. What 4 other nations did Hitler invade on his way to defeating France? (p. 833)
  14. What argument did America’s first committee offer for the US staying out of the war? (p. 837)
  15. Why did the majority of the voters elect Pres. Roosevelt to a third term? (p. 839)
  16. What were the terms of lend-lease and why was this used instead of simply lending money? (p. 839-840)
  17. How did both sides (Great Britain/America) benefit from the lend-lease bill? (p. 840)
  18. What were the specific goals (aims) of the Atlantic Charter? (p. 842)
  19. What embargoes were placed on Japan in 1940-1941? (p. 8430
  20. Why did Japan refuse to pull out of China in late 1941? (p. 843)