8.6 - World War II: - Practice C

Like later wartime alliances, the League relied on member cooperation, but it lacked a strong way to enforce decisions.

Unlike later wartime alliances, the League could directly command each nation’s military without consent.

The League’s main strategy was to expand its own territory to deter aggressors.

The League focused on isolation from world trade to rebuild trust among aggressor states.

Economic depression made leaders worry that restricting trade would worsen unemployment and instability at home.

Sanctions were avoided because all member states had identical economies and no trade relationships.

Governments refused sanctions mainly because the League had already ended all international conflicts.

Sanctions were resisted because most nations had no interest in international law after 1918.

The League discussed collective action but member states hesitated to enforce sanctions.

The memo shows that economic sanctions always stopped aggression in the 1930s.

The memo proves that militant nationalism ended after diplomatic meetings.

The memo shows that totalitarian leaders were elected because of League membership rules.

The memo describes sending supplies through Lend-Lease while avoiding a formal declaration of war.

The memo states the United States immediately sent combat troops to fight in France in 1939.

The memo explains that the United States banned all trade with Britain to show neutrality.

The memo argues that neutrality required ending all contact with other nations’ governments.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II.

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles required U.S. troops to enter Europe again.

The League of Nations voted to force the United States to declare war.

The United States ended neutrality because Britain surrendered in 1941.

Like strict isolationism, it avoided all overseas involvement and ended aid to Europe.

Like full wartime mobilization, it required rationing and mass production before entering the war.

It sits between neutrality and open war: providing aid without officially becoming a belligerent.

It was mainly a plan to conquer territory in order to prevent future conflicts.

Like earlier peace efforts, it relied mainly on voluntary promises with few shared institutions.

Unlike prewar diplomacy, it emphasized shared institutions and international rules to reduce future conflict.

It shifted away from diplomacy and focused only on expanding national empires.

It treated human rights as a purely domestic issue with no international role.

Calls for a new international organization to prevent future wars.

Claims that total warfare caused little damage to civilian life.

Argues that human rights were no longer a concern after 1945.

Suggests that international cooperation was unnecessary because conflicts had ended permanently.

Reports of human atrocities, including the Holocaust, increased pressure for protections.

The worldwide economy improved so quickly that war became unlikely.

Most countries agreed to end all military forces immediately in 1945.

Colonial empires disappeared overnight, removing the need for international rules.