World War II Ch.28A

Which of the following statements about Japanese aggression before Pearl Harbor is NOT true?

The Japanese invaded Burma in 1937.

The Lend-Lease Bill, introduced in Congress:

authorized the president to sell, transfer, lend, lease, or otherwise dispose of other equipment and supplies to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.

When Germany began attacking American ships in 1941:

Congress in effect repealed the neutrality acts through new legislation lifting the ban on arms sales to belligerents.

All of the following were conquered by the Nazi war machine except:

the Soviet Union.

American foreign policy in Latin America in between the world wars included all the following except:

rejecting the Pan-American Conference.

In response to Japanese encroachments in Indochina in 1940 and 1941, Roosevelt:

restricted oil exports to Japan.

One way in which the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not a total success was that the Japanese:

ignored shore installations and oil tanks.

The Nye Committee:

investigated the role of bankers and munitions makers in Americas entry into World War I.

One major motive for Japans expansionist policy was:

its need for oil, rubber, and other key resources.

In the late summer of 1940, President Roosevelt agreed to send fifty overaged destroyers to Britain in return for:

ninety-nine-year leases on a series of naval and air bases.