Chapter XXXV: FDR and the Shadow of War

REVISED

  1. What was the Good Neighbor Policy all about? Did it bolster or jeopardize the Monroe doctrine?
  2. How did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany in 1933?
  3. Why did the Japanese government develop such an aggressive foreign policy during the 30's?
  4. How were the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and the Spanish Civil War precursors to World War II?
  5. What was FDR's "Quarantine Speech," and why was it so poorly received in Chicago?
  6. What happened at the Munich Conference in 1938? What person/nation was most responsible for the development of "appeasement?" What responsibility did America have for these
    developments?
  7. Why and how did World War II start on September 1, 1939? How was it so different from World War I? When did the U.S. start to get worried about the outcome?
  8. What was the Battle of Britain all about? Why did the prospects of British success depend largely upon non-neutral activity by the United States?
  9. What was the difference between "Cash and Carry" and "Lend Lease?"
  10. Why was the Destroyer Deal an unexpected exercise of presidential power?
  11. Why did FDR beat Willkie in 1940?
  12. Why didn't Hitler succeed with Operation Barbarossa?
  13. Why did Japan decide to attack the United States in 1941?
  14. Why did Japan decide to attack the U.S. at Pearl Harbor? Why were they so successful?
  15. Why is it pretty silly to think that FDR might have had prior knowledge of the impending attack at Pearl?
  16. Identify:
    • Yamamoto
    • Tojo
    • HIrohito
    • Heinz Guderian
    • Erwin Rommel
    • Joseph Goebbels
    • Albert Speer
    • Hermann Goering
    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Operation Sea Lion
    • Wehrner von Braun
    • Spitfires
    • Blitzkrieg
    • Afrika Korps
    • "Magic"
    • Radar
    • Mussolini
    • Brownshirts
    • Holocaust
    • America First Committee
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