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AMSCO 7.11-7.12 SAQ Reading Quiz

"Each of the tiny steps [Roosevelt] took was designed to keep the US out of the war... The only conclusion to be reached is [that] Britain in 1940 and 1941 survived with no significant outside help except that freely given by the Dominions, especially Canada... The defender of liberal democracy in 1940-41 was not Britain along with the United States... They fought freedom's battle while the largest democracy on earth occasionally threw them some crumbs."

Robin Prior, historian, When Britain Saved the West, 2015

"Roosevelt took the lead in educating Americans to this new perspective on world affairs. He has been criticized for his timidity... But he had vivid memories of Wilson's defeat and feared getting too far out in front of public opinion... Step by step between 1939 and 1941, he abandoned neutrality and, through aid to Britain and other nations fighting Hitler, took the United States to the brink of war... He set forth the intellectual underpinnings for an American globalism that would take form in World War II and flourish in postwar years."

George C. Herring, historian, From Colony to Superpower, 2008

Question 1

Short answer

Briefly describe ONE major difference between Prior’s and Herring’s historical interpretation about Roosevlet’s role in World War II.

Question 2

Short answer

Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Prior’s interpretation.

Question 3

Short answer

Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Herring’s interpretation.

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