War and Uneasy Neutrality Reading with Questions

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Before Roosevelt's second term was well under way, his domestic program was overshadowed by the expansionist designs of totalitarian regimes in Japan, Italy, and Germany. In 1931 Japan had invaded Manchuria, crushed Chinese resistance, and set up the puppet state of Manchukuo. Italy, under Benito Mussolini, enlarged its boundaries in Libya and in 1935 conquered Ethiopia. Germany, under Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, militarized its economy and reoccupied the Rhineland (demilitarized by the Treaty of Versailles) in 1936. In 1938, Hitler incorporated Austria into the German Reich and demanded cession of the Germanspeaking Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. By then, war seemed imminent...

Click here to print this worksheet. Prints as two pages, or as one double-sided sheet. Answer Key with Answers in Bold: 1. Totalitarian regimes existed in all but which of the following countries?      a. Canada      b. Germany      c. Italy      d. Japan 2. The Japanese renamed Manchuria _____.      a. Japanese Manchuria      b. Manchukuo      c. Machu Picchu      d. New Manchuria 3. What country did Italy conquer in 1935? Ethiopia 4. What German leader militarized his country's economy in the 1930s? Adolf Hitler 5. During the 1930s, the United States was eager to get involved in international conflicts.      a. True      b. False 6. What country was invaded by the Germans in 1939?      a. China      b. Norway      c. Poland      d. Russia 7. Americans opposed to joining the war were known as _____.      a. fraidy cats      b. interventionists      c. isolationists      d. war hawks 8. When was the first peacetime conscription bill enacted in the United States? September, 1940 9. Who ran against Franklin Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1940? Wendell Wilkie 10. Describe the Lend-Lease program. enabled FDR to transfer arms and equipment to any nation (notably Great Britain, later the Soviet Union and China) deemed vital to the defense of the United States Follow-up essay question: In your opinion, was it wise of Franklin Roosevelt to ally himself with Winston Churchill before the United States was formally involved in the war? Explain your answer.

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