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united states:
we never passed the treaty so it never affected us
we had a democracy
our presidents during this time were FDR and truman came into gov't when fdr died
roosevelt was elected
fdr had the new deal before ww2
his goals were to help the allies get out of war
military strategy was that we were pretty much isolated
we got involved after the japanese bombed pearl harbor
we eventually got involved with everyone
we made a ton of stuff during ww2 to help the military
before ww2 people were drafted into the war
we were a part of the allied powers
our economy was actually helped
our economy was one of the best
we lost a lot of people though
we then became a world superpower
then we went straight into the cold war
australia:
head of australia would be the same as great britain
wanted to become independent from great britain
germany was excluded from the league of nations
the german army being reduced to 100,000 men happened on paper but they found a loophole
they always had people trained and ready in case they were needed
germany had to accept the war guilt clause and pay reparations
germany was forbidden to unite with austria
the people of german hated the treaty of versallies; they felt that it had be dictated on them
treaty in german became known as a diktat
many in germany didn't want the treaty signed
they felt that the treaty crushed them
hitler used the treaty as motivation for people to support him
people started buying into what people were saying
weimer republic- democracy in germany
failed because- hitler blamed it for everything that was going on in germany; first democracy that germany ever had
league of nations- world wide peace keeping organization
why we didn't join- we felt that they weren't our problems to get into; failed because they didn't have a military force and the US wasn't in it
benito mussolini came to power in italy 11 years before hitler came to power in germany
fascism- dictatorship; strong nationalism; support in your country; strong military; nothing should be more important to you than your country; sometimes imperalistic; taking over other colonies
benito believed in fascism
hated rich people
elementary school teacher to crazed dictator
was asked to come to power to avoid communists
was atheist
washington naval conference:
4, 5, 9 power pacts
the countries belonging to it would respect eachothers colonies by the pacific
reduced naval sizes
the 9 power pact was all about china; open door policy; chinese independence
the great depression is what caused dictators coming to power
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