Analysis of Quiz 6

The range on this quiz was 2-10. There quite a few 9's and 10's and the average was 7.8 which was quite good.

  1. This question calls attention to the discussion at the beginning of Chapter 10 regarding different perspectives on when World War II began. What does your text say is the significance of the differing dates given? What did this mean by the end of 1941?(F-R, 219-22.)
  2. This asks about the period from September 1, 1939 to December 7, 1941. What was the US stand on World War II, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor? How does the text say that the Puritain heritage of the US influenced our perception of the foreign policy of other countries? What other American tradition balanced this? What influence did this interplay of traditions have on US foreign policy relative to the German attack on Poland? (FR-226-230) What was the British and French reaction to this attack? (FR-236) What happened to France? Did the Soviet Union do anything in response? (FR-222-224)
  3. This question asks about the Battle of Britain. Where did it rage in the summer of 1940? What forces carried the attack and what forces defended Britain? Did any other powers come to Britain's defense? Why may it be seen to have determined the entire future course of the war? (F-R, 224-225).
  4. This question asks about the network of factors that caused Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. What was the attitude of many leaders of big business? Why did they feel this way? What did the U.S. insist that Japan do in the summer of 1941 that that clashed directly with Japan's ambitions? What measures did the U.S. use to try and force Japan to abandon its ambitions? Why did Japan come to see military attack as the only solution to this impasse with the U.S.? Was the attack coordinated with the military plans of Japan's Axis allies? Was the Japanese attack coordinated with the military actions of its Axis allies? (F.R., 226-229)
  5. This question has to do with U.S. foreign policy in the period prior to Pearl Harbor. What was the significance of the Puritain heritage? Did it determine U.S. policy? What was the "equally powerful" tradition of American foreign policy? What were President Roosevelt's "growing convictions" with regard to German and Japanese aggression? (F-R, 229) How did the U.S. react to Japanese aggression in East Asia? (F-R, 226) How did the U.S. react to German aggression against Poland in 1939? How did the U.S. react to the desparate position of Great Britain during and after the Battle of Britain in the fall of 1940? (F-R, 229) What was the perception of US public opinion regarding our involvement in World War I and was this reflected in our foreign policy in after the beginning of World War II in Asia and Europe? Why did this pose a dilemma to President Roosevelt?
  6. In "Hitler's European Empire" what was the impact of the war on female labor?What was the original reason for Nazi policies that entailed massive population transfers within Europe? How was Nazi racial policy applied to the Poles and then the ethnic minorities of the Soviet Union when these areas were incorporated into the Third Reich? Was the policy towards the Jews different? How? F.R., 231-233)
  7. .What was the criticism of Roosevelt regarding the agreements made at the Yalta conference? What territorial concessions were made to Stalin? Why? and the expectations Roosevelt had relative to Japan? What was decided regarding Poland? (F-R, 237) Is anything mentioned about Germany?(F.R- 233-234)
  8. Was the conflict fundamentally one of ideology? What kind of systems did the U.S. support? What kind of regimes did the USSR not consistantly support? What was really at stake after 1945? What role did Communist and democratic/capitalist ideology play in this? What was the stance of non-aligned, Third World in the Cold War. Why? (F.R-246).) Which country was the dominant power in the Cold War.? Where did most of its crises occur? (F-R, 247)
  9. When and why do most historians now agree that the Cold War began? Was it in response to a Soviet Union military initiative in Latin America? Did it begin when the U.S. supported South Korea after the North Korean invasion of 1950? Did it begin out of a Soviet protest against the inclusion of West Germany in NATO in 1955? (F.R. 247-251)
  10. : Was the Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947) proclaimed in response to Soviet threats to Latin America? What crisis led to its declaration and did the Doctrine focus exclusively on solving it? Did the Truman Doctrine represent a return to an earlier tradition of US foreign policy, or did it represent a turning point towards a new era. Explain. (F.R. 248).