Friday, March 14th

[6Mason]

"Stop by my room, pick up a quarter and call somebody who cares."  -Hoch, talking to Mr. Bruns.

1. Treaty of Versailles
   1. What was it? Ended WWII
   2. Major Points - All about punishing Germany. Many surrounding countries got land. Germany's army was reduced to 100,000. No tanks, no air force, no naval ships or subs. DMZ west of the Rhineland. They were forced to pay $33 billion to the Allies
   3. What did the US do with the Treaty of Versailles? Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland came from Russia. Czechoslovakia came from Germany. Many new countries formed.    We did not join the League of Nations, and because of it, we didn't sign the league
2. Peace attempts of the 1920s/30s
   1. Here and Here
3. Germany's (Hitler's) defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and conquests prior to the invasion of Poland, 1933-1939
   1. Mass Notas
   2. Annexed the country of Austria in 1938
   3. Munich Conference
      1. Neville Chamberlain - Great Britain
      2. Adolf Hitler - Germany
4. Italy's (Mussolini's) conquests of the 1930s
   1. Noteoteoteotoe
5. Japanese conquests prior to Pearl Harbor
   1. Oooh. A link to the notes! -_-
   2. Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
      1. USSR and Japan signed an agreement to not fight one another in April, 1941
      2. USSR broke this treaty when they declared war on Japan in August 9, 1945
6. US attempts of neutrality in the 1930s and early 1940s
   1. Neutrality Act of 1935
   2. Neutrality Act of 1936
   3. Neutrality Act of 1937
      1. Cash and Carry System
         1. Different countries could come to America on their own ships and buy materials and supplies in cash. This was we could ensure we got payed, and we did not get attacked.
   4. Neutrality Act of 1939
      1. Cash and Carry System
         1. The same as the cash and carry system of 1937, except now there could be weapons.
   5. Lend-Lease of Military Aid
      1. Removed the Cash and Carry System
      2. We loan supplies to many countries around the world
   6. America Fist Committee
      1. Tried to keep us out of war
      2. Disbanded the day after the bombing on Pearl Harbor.
7. US vs Japan
   1. US stopped trading many items with Japan in 1940 after Japan invaded Indochina
   2. US stopped trading oil with Japan in 1941

We then did practice questions.

[Mr. Bruns]

You felt the need to include that Hoch quote for three straight days??!!