Today we went over our WWII Mini projects, here is a link to the power point for more help on notes.
Treaty of Versailles
What was the treaty of Versailles/What was the major points for the treaty of Versailles and other WWI treaties/What did the US do in response to the treaty of Versailles
-Was trying to make the world a better place after the war, but mostly blamed Germany for the war. Germany lost lots of countries and so lost their land (This was a major cause of WWII because they wanted their land back). Germany lost most of their war machines and armies. Created the league of nations (A peace keeping organization)
Finland, Estonia, lathia, Lithuania, and Poland all came out of Russia
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia formed from Austria-Hungry
Peace attempts of the 1920's/30's--> Click here
The league of nations-A group of countries coming together to keep peace
5 Power pact-signed by Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy
-Designed to prevent an arm's race
-It limited construction of battleships, battle cruisers, and aircraft carriers
-Did not restrict cruiser, destroyers or submarines
4 Power pact-a treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan. At the Washington Naval conference in 1921
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9 Power pact-Guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the open door policy
-Signed by the US, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal
Japanese Conquest--> Click here
They had concentration camps while they were conquering Manchuria
They did not get to all of China, Australia, Soviet Union, Hawaii in the East, or India
Germany's defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and conquests prior to the invasion of Poland, 1933-1939-->Click Here
-They rebuilt their military in 35
-Germany rearmed Rhineland
-Drops out of the league of nations in 33
-Builds up military 34
-Rearms the Rhineland 35
-Along with Mussolini, helped Spanish fascist leader Francisco with the Spanish civil war.
Italy's conquests in the 30's--> Click here for our notes
U.S. Neutrality--> Click here
-Neutrality act of 35-stopped trading with countries at war
-Neutrality act of 36-stopped loaning money to countries at war
-Neutrality act of 37-Cash and carry system-weapons not included
-Neutrality act of 38-Cash and carry system-weapons included
America First committee-Focused on America keeping out of war, disbanded because of Pearl Harbor
Selective Training and Service Act-US drafting 21-24 year old men
Total lend-lease-we would only lend people things if we knew they would pay us back or give us something equally as valuable
Us vs Japan Us stopped trading many items with Japan in 40 after japan invaded french
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Great notes