History Final  The Japanese decided to bomb America's naval fleet at Pearl Harbor because The Lend Lease Act, though passed mainly for the benefit of Great Britain, empowered the president to It took Hitler only six weeks in 1940 to capture From 1937 on, Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union worked to build up their supply of armaments, while the U

1. The Japanese decided to bomb America's naval fleet at Pearl Harbor because

America had cut off trade with Japan, leaving them with few raw materials.

2. The Lend Lease Act, though passed mainly for the benefit of Great Britain, empowered the president to

lend weapons and supplies to nations fighting either the Germans or the Japanese.

3. It took Hitler only six weeks in 1940 to capture

Paris

4. From 1937 on, Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union worked to build up their supply of armaments, while the U.S. government and FDR

spent most of the time still manufacturing war materials for those countries.

5. World War II began on September 1, 1939 when Hitler's troops invaded

Poland.

6. Who signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler in August 1939?

Stalin

7. In 1935, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invaded the country of

Ethiopia

8. Between news reports, press leaks, and the publication of the secret study of the war by the Department of Defense (in the Pentagon Papers), it could most factually be stated that

the long-term effects of the war included a tremendous disillusionment among many Americans about the strength, capabilities, and most especially, the honesty, of their federal government.

9. The growth of America's counterculture showed that many young people, besides condemning the Vietnam War, also

rejected traditional American politics, social values, and the cut-throat world of business.

10. The revival of the women's movement is usually identified with the publication of Betty Friedan's seminal work:

The Feminine Mystique.