Today we finished blog discussion, and then Mr. Bruns went over his 1920's Topics to Discuss.
The Treaty of Versailles. After World War One Europe was split into many different new countries. Germany lost land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Russia. Germany's army was reduced to 100000 men, the army was not allowed tanks. Germany was not allowed an air force. Germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ships, and no submarines. No German soldier or weapon was allowed in the area west of the Rhineland, and east of the River Rhine. The Allies were able to keep soldiers there for 15 years. Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars to the Allies, and also lost resources when they lost their land to other countries. Germany also had to admit full responsibility for starting the war.
The League of Nations was set up to keep world peace. The League of Nations was an international peacekeeping organization. One of its main weaknesses was that the U.S. was not a part of it.
Isolationism was the U.S. philosophy under Warren G. Harding had where the U.S. would not intervene or get tangled up with in any foreign affair.
The Washington Naval Conference created three power pacts. 4 Power Pact was a treaty signed by the U.S. G.B., France, and Japan in 1921. The countries agreed to respect each others possessions in the Pacific, and to not seek further territory. 5 Power Pact signed by the U.S., G.B., Japan, France, and Italy. It was designed to prevent an arms race. 9 Power Pact signed by the U.S., G.B., Japan, France, Italy, China, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. This act guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld free trading rights for everyone in China.
Kellog Briand Pact
Great Depression
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