USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
President Roosevelt supported the founding of the United Nations in part because?
A
He didn’t. He opposed the US getting involved.
B
to promote peace, prevent wars, and increase security for nations around the world.
C
He was opposed to the continued existence of the League of Nations and wanted to get the US out.
D
He was required to under the Lend Lease Act.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt determined that U.S. leadership was essential for the creation of another international organization aimed at preserving peace, and his administration engaged in international diplomacy in pursuit of that goal. He also worked to build domestic support for the concept of the United Nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue a declaration, signed by representatives of 26 countries, called the “United Nations.” The signatories of the declaration vowed to create an international postwar peacekeeping organization.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UN accomplishes this by working to prevent conflict, helping parties in conflict make peace, deploying peacekeepers, and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish. These activities often overlap and should reinforce one another, to be effective.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term United Nations, originally suggested by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was first used in the Declaration by United Nations, signed in Washington, D.C., on 1 January 1942-in the midst of the Second World War.

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