American public opinion polls in 1938–1940 showed all of the following beliefs EXCEPT
a. the majority of Americans did not care if either the Allied or Axis powers prevailed.
b. the American people believed the nation should fight only if directly attacked.
c. more than 80 percent of Americans supported continued restrictions on immigration.
d. most Americans believed that the nation had been wrong to enter World War I.
ANS: a
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