Monday-
Finished test
Tuesday-
WWII
- What were the two alliances during WWII and what countries belonged to each other?
- Allied Powers- US, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, China
- Axis Powers- Germany, Italy, Japan
- What was the Treaty of Versailles?
- Treaty that ended WWII
- Germany lost a lot of land
- France
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Czechoslovakia
- Poland
- Military
- Germany's army Reduced to 100,000 men; not allowed tanks
- Germany not allowed air force
- Germany only allowed 5 capital naval ships and no submarines
- West of the Rhineland and 50 kms east of the River Rhine was made into a demilitarized zone. No German soldier or weapon was allowed in this zone
- Allies were to keep an army of occupation on the west band of the Rhine for 15 years
- Financial
- Loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany's economy. Col from the Saar and Upper Silesia is particular was a vital economic loss
- Germany had to pay $33 billion to the Allies(GB/France)
- Germany was also forbibben to unite with Austria to form one superstate.
Wednesday-
- 4 Power Pact
- Treaty signed by the US, Great Britain, France and Japan at the Washington Naval Conference in 1921
- Countries agreed to respect each others possessions in the Pacific and not seek further territory
- 5 Power Pact
- Signed by Great Britain, US, Japan, France, and Italy
- Designed to prevent an arm's race
- Limited construction of battleships battle cruisers and aircraft carriers
- Did not restrict cruisers, destroyers, and aircraft carriers
- 9 Power Pact
- Signed by US, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal
- Guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the Open Door Policy
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Countries that signed agreed to not go to war to settle disputes
- 65 Countries eventually signed it
- London Naval Conference- 1931
- Concerned with the agreements reached in Washington Naval Conference
- UK, USA, France, Italy, and Japan attended
- All five agreed to a five-year halt on capital ship construction, tighter controls on submarine warfare, and the continuation on aircraft carriers
Thursday- Watched video
Friday- No school
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