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World War II Exam Study Guide Key
1) What was America’s Foreign Policy from the end of WWI to the bombing of
Pearl Harbor?
Isolationism - the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other
nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments,
international agreements, etc.
2) What did it mean that the U.S. was the “arsenal of democracy”? Discuss
Cash and Carry, Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers for Naval Bases.
“ Arsenal for Democracy”- The U.S. was sending military aid to nations fighting
against the Axis powers before we entered WWII
“Cash and Carry- Policy by which other countries could purchase only nonmilitary goods from
the United States as long as the recipients paid immediately in cash and assumed all risk in
transportation using their own ships
The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress in March 1941, had given President
Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition,
tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the
nation's official position of neutrality.
Destroyers for Naval Bases - Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that he was
transferring fifty destroyers to Englandalready at war with Germanyin exchange
for ninetynineyear leases to seven British air and naval bases in the western
hemisphere
3) What was the theory behind the policy of appeasement? Was it effective?
Explain.
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain's
policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most
closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely
discredited as a policy of weakness. Hitler continued his aggression in Europe.

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4) What were the names of the leaders of the major Axis powers?
Hitler - Germany
Mussolini - Italy
Tojo - Japan
5) Describe Germany’s “blitzkrieg” tactics used during the War.
In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war.
Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns.
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two
years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war).
Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks,
planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. These forces would drive a breach in
enemy defenses, permitting armored tank divisions to penetrate rapidly and roam
freely behind enemy lines, causing shock and disorganization among the enemy
defenses
6) What was the Nonaggression Pact?
On August 23, 1939shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europeenemies
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet
Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against
each other for the next 10 years

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World War II Exam Study Guide Key 1) What was America’s Foreign Policy from the end of WWI to the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Isolationism - the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc. 2) What did it mean that the U.S. was the “arsenal of democracy”? Discuss Cash and Carry, Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers for Naval Bases. “ Arsenal for Democracy”- The U.S. was sending military aid to nations fighting against the Axis powers before we entered WWII “Cash and Carry” - Policy by which other countries could purchase only nonmilitary goods from the United States as long as the recipients paid immediately in cash and assumed all risk in transportation using their own ships The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress in March 1941, had given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality. Destroyers for Naval Bases - Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that he was transferring fifty destroyers to England—already at war with Germany—in exchange for ninety‐nine‐year leases to seven British air and naval bases in the western hemisphere 3) What was the theory behind the policy of appeasement? Was it effective? Explain. Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasem ...
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