MTGW 87-99

Why was the Nationalist (China) government unable to oppose the Japanese incursion into Manchuria in 1931?`

• Overwhelming Japanese force

• Jiang's determination to fight a civil war

• Apathy of the Nationalist government

• Jiang signed a treaty with the Japanese

What was the only country that did send some help to China in 1937?

• United States

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union

• France

What is NOT a reason the Chinese Communists gained political support in China?

• Communist determination to fight the Japanese

• Communist economic reforms in areas they liberated

• Communist social reform in areas they liberated

• Jiang Jieshi's signing of the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

What was Jiang Jieshi's wartime capital city?

• Chongqing

• Nanjing

• Beijing

• Guizhou

At the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol (1939), the Japanese suffered a crushing defeat to ____

• Mr. Disco

• The Chinese Nationalists

• The Chinese Communists

• The Soviet Union

Because of determined Soviet military resistance along the border of Manchuria, the "Strike ____" Faction in Japan eventually won out.

• North

• South

• East

• West

What action did the Nine-Power Treaty Conference take against Japan (1937)?

• Banned oil sales to Japan

• No action taken

• Kicked Japan out of the League of Nations

• Removed all diplomats from Japan

What American diplomacy (that we studied earlier) would be most directly tied to the US attempt to purchase the South Manchurian Railway Corporation?

• Big Stick

• Moral

• Dollar

• Good Neighbor

When Japan invaded Manchuria, what did the US declare Japan was in violation of?

• the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1926)

• the Washington Naval Agreements

• the Lytton Commission (1931)

• the Tripartite Pact

Why did the United States finally ban the sale of oil and iron to Japan in 1941?

• Response to Japan's peaceful negotiations with the US
• In retaliation for Japan's ban on US exports
• To support Japan's military efforts in the region
• Response to Japan's aggressive expansion into French Indochina