807 Unit 12 World War 2

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1. What did opponents of HR176 (aka Lend-Lease Act) fear?

• It would cost the nation too much money
• European nations would misuse the funds
• Unemployment in America would increase
• It would lead the U.S. to enter the war

2. Why did Wheeler feel that everyone should accept HR1776?

• It was too late to fight it because it passed
• It would cause more problems in the country
• Republicans would never accept it
• The president should be respected at all costs

3. What does Wheeler want opponents of HR1776 to do now?

• Vote Roosevelt out of office next election
• Fight against giving the president any more power
• Work together and help the law to be successful
• Give a valiant fight to repeal the law

4. What is President Truman’s justification for using the atomic bomb?

• It would have cost more lives if he had not used it
• The Japanese would have done the same to the U.S. if they had the bomb
• He made the solitary decision to choose Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• The Japanese would never have surrendered without it

5. One negative effect of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan was

• Japan and the U.S. still do not have diplomatic relations
• The U.S. was plunged into debt due to the cost of the weapon
• Innocent civilians were killed as a result of the bomb
• The Japanese started it by attacking Pearl Harbor

6. What separates the “beds” symbolized in the political cartoon?

• Political ideologies of democracy and fascism
• The English Channel
• The Atlantic Ocean
• Germany’s use of blitzkrieg (lightning war)

7. One example of the United States ensuring it will not be “contagious” is

• Munich Agreement
• Lend-Lease Act
• Joining the League of Nations
• Neutrality Acts