Interwar Foreign Policy Practice Test

Secondary-source excerpt (1918–1941): A key reason for U.S. reluctance to join the League of Nations was constitutional and political: many senators believed the treaty threatened the Senate’s role in foreign policy and Congress’s authority over war. This reflects which enduring principle in U.S. government?

Secondary-source excerpt (1918–1941): During the 1930s, U.S. neutrality rules treated aggressor and victim alike, banning arms sales to both sides. Critics argued this “evenhanded” approach undermined collective resistance to fascism by denying aid to nations under attack. Which conflict most clearly exposed this problem and helped prompt later revisions like cash-and-carry?