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12 Cards in this Set
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FDR was elected for an unprecedented _______ term.
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3rd
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FDR proposed a different means by which Britain could obtain military equipment and supplies. He called it lend-lease. Why was this necessary?
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Britain was near bankrupt and couldn't afford the cash and carry method.
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Who would the lend-lease policy be extended to?
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any country whose defense was vital to the United States
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How much money was spent under the Lend-Lease Act?
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The U.S. spent $50 billion dollars.
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True or False
On June 22, 1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviets fought grimly and did not give up. |
True
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The Soviets adopted the scorched-earth policy. What is that policy?
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A military policy, used by retreating armies, of destroying everything as the armies retreats, leaving nothing for the advancing enemy.
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True or False
The Soviets even destroyed Dnieper Dam, the first hydroelectric project. |
True
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What other factor besides the scorched-earth policy helped the Soviets defeat the Germans?
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the severe winter weather in the Soviet Union
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Keeping the supply lines from the Americas open was vital to Britain and the Soviet Union. How did the Hitler stop this?
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German submarines (called U-boats) hit the ships and sank them.
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True or False
Congress refused to extend the draft. |
False
The draft was extended 18 months. |
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Why did Americans begin ramming its merchant ships?
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to protect themselves from the German submarines
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What is the Atlantic Charter?
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the agreement between FDR and Churchill in 1941, and later agreed to by the Soviet Union, setting forth goals similar to those of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.
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