Study Guide Thirteen

Foreign Policy from 1928-1941

Exam Two

NOTE: If you can answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of the second exam. The material below consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.

Terms (definition and significance):

Henry Stimson

Good Neighbor Policy

Manchuria

Cordell Hull

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, 1934

Mutual Hemispheric Defense Treaties

Philippines

London Naval Conference, 1935

Nye Committee Reports

neutrality laws

Ethiopia, 1935

Rome-Berlin Axis

Spanish Civil War

Panay Incident, 1937

Isolationism

Interventionism

Sudeten Crisis, 1938

German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, Aug. 1939

Invasion of Poland, Sept. 1939

Blitzkrieg

“Phoney War”

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

American First Committee

Charles Lindbergh

Wendall Wilkie

Presidental Election of 1940

Lend-Lease Bill

Arsenal of Democracy

Atlantic Charter, Aug. 1941

Reuben James, Oct. 1941

Questions to Think About:

How did the coming of the Great Depression affect the international stability of the 1930s?

What was Herbert Hoovers approach to foreign policy?

What was United States policy toward Latin America during the 1930s?

What was United States policy toward China and the Far East during the 1930s?

What was United States policy toward Europe during the 1930s?

Why were some Americans supporters of Isolationism?

Why were some Americans supports of Interventionism?

How did the Great Depression influence Roosevelt’s foreign policy during his first administration?

What were the increasing aggressive actions of the fascist and totalitarian nations during the later 1930s?

What did the US do when World War II broke out in 1939 and during the years 1940 and 1941?