Who were the "Merchants of Death?"

Companies that produce military goods

When the British ran out of money, FDR traded navy destroyers for...

Lease on British bases in the Western Hemisphere.

The Neutrality Act of 1935...

Forbid the sale of military goods to any country at war

What did the Nye Committee study?

How the U.S. got involved in WW One

Roosevelt created a hole in the Neutrality Act by...

"Lending" supplies to Britain, rather than sell them

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Who were the "Merchants of Death?"
Funeral directors during WW One
The new communist government in Russia
British diplomats who convinced the US to enter the war
Companies that produce military goods
2
Roosevelt and Churchill agreed the primary enemy was
Germany
The Soviet Union
Italy
Japan
3
In 1940, Congress granted the President power to prevent...
Selling of strategic materials
Americans from fighting overseas on their own
U-boats from using U.S. harbors (since we were neutral)
ALL sharks from acquiring laser beams
4
Early in the 1930s, Japan attacked
China
the United States
Indonesia
Britain
5
Who was President when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
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When the British ran out of money, FDR traded navy destroyers for...
Lease on British bases in the Western Hemisphere.
Use of the Enigma code breaking machine
The secret of Radar
British battleships
7
The Neutrality Act of 1935...
Gave Roosevelt extra powers to ensure neutrality
Was not popular with the U.S. public
Forbid the sale of military goods to any country at war
Promised Germany the U.S. would not fight them again
8
The opposite of isolationism is
Colonialism
Internationalism
Sharks with lasers
Instigation
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What did the Nye Committee study?
Sharks with lasers
How to reduce the size of the U.S. armed forces
Whether Woodrow Wilson's actions were correct
How the U.S. got involved in WW One
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Roosevelt created a hole in the Neutrality Act by...
Provoking Germany to declare war on us
Convincing Congress to overturn it
Sharks without laser beams
"Lending" supplies to Britain, rather than sell them

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