7.2 The War has Begun

Match the following

• Allies

• included Britain, France, and eventually

  many other nations

• Axis Powers

• ensured that Germany, Italy, and Japan

  would fight on the same side

• Tripartite Pact

• used their militaries to invade and control

  other nations

Match the following

• Lend-Lease Act

• allowed President Roosevelt to provide

  any type of economic aid to the Allies

• Atlantic Charter

• included a cash-and-carry provision that

  aided the Allies

• Neutrality Act of 1939

• endorsed national self-determinationendorsed national self-determination

Roosevelt delivered his “Four Freedoms” speech to

• increase economic support for Britain.

• encourage Congress to support an immediate declaration of war.

• persuade Congress to take a neutral position in the war.

• appease Germany and other Axis Powers.

Interventionists believed that providing aid to Britain would

• draw the United States into war.

• keep the United States out of war.

• provoke attacks on the United States.

• prompt other countries to expect aid.

Who appeared to be winning the war in Europe at the end of 1940?

• Germany and Italy

• the Soviet Union

• Britain and France

• the United States

How did support for the Allies change following Roosevelt’s reelection

in 1940?

• Support decreased; Congress refused to provide additional aid.

• Support increased; Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act.

• Support increased; Congress urged the President to declare war.

• There was no change; the United States continued its isolationist policy.