American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 25: THE GLOBAL CRISIS

Study Questions

1
What did the Washington Conference accomplish?
2
Describe the circular pattern of international finance established by the Dawes Plan. What was the result?
3
How did President Hoover reshape U.S. policy toward Latin America?
4
How did the Hoover administration deal with Japanese expansionism?
5
How did Roosevelt break with Hoover on the matter of economic relations with Europe?
6
In what ways did the Good Neighbor policy of Roosevelt build on Hoover's Latin American policy?
7
What ideas and developments fed isolationist sentiment in the first half of the 1930s? What was Roosevelt's position?
8
Why did the Roosevelt administration extend diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union? What was the effect of this action?
9
Taken as a whole, what were the basic provisions and central purpose of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937?
10
How did President Roosevelt's responses to the Spanish-American War and the Japanese actions in China illustrate the political strength of isolationist sentiment?
11
Explain the Sino-Japanese War. How did it lay the groundwork for the conflict with America in World War II?
12
What German moves and diplomatic failures led to the start of World War II in Europe? What role did the Soviet Union play in the road to war?
13
How did Roosevelt manage to aid Great Britain in 1939 and 1940 in various ways short of war?
14
What naval warfare led the United States to the brink of war in Europe?
15
What was the basic war aim set out in the Atlantic Charter?
16
Describe the events in Asia that brought Japan into conflict with the United States. How close to war was the nation prior to the Pearl Harbor attack?
17
Why could the attack on Pearl Harbor be considered a tactical victory but a political blunder by the Japanese?
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