单项选择题

The establishment of the Third Reich influ-
enced events in American history by starting a
chain of events which culminated in war between
Line Germany and the United States. The complete
(5) destruction of democracy, the persecution of
Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and bar-
barism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of
Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world
conquest caused great indignation in this country
(10) and brought on fear of another world war. While
speaking out against Hitler’s atrocities, the
American people generally favored isolationist
policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of
1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belliger-
(15) ents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was
empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars
between nations at his discretion.
American opinion began to change somewhat
after President Roosevelt’s "quarantine the
(20) aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937), in which he
severely criticized Hitler’s policies. Germany’s
seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the
partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused
the American people. The conquest of
(25) Czechoslovakia in March 1939 was another rude
awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In
August 1939 came the shock of the Nazi-Soviet
Pact and in September the attack on Poland and
the outbreak of European war. The United States
(30) attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sym-
pathy for the democracies arrayed against the
Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed
the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry"
exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong
(35) national defense program was begun. A draft act
was passed (1940) to strengthen the military ser-
vices. A Lend-Lease Act (1941) authorized the
President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to
any country deemed necessary by him for the
(40) defense of the United States. Help was given to
Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers
for the right to establish American bases in
British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In
August 1941 President Roosevelt and Prime
(45) Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic
Charter, which proclaimed the kind of a world
that should be established after the war. In
December 1941 Japan launched an unprovoked
attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor.
(50) Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on
the United States.

With which of the following statements would the author of the passage be most likely to agree（）

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