Monday- Started presentation on Italy and take notes, Tuesday- Mr. Bruns goes over tests for countries and his notes on Italy, Wednesday-
Italy-
Didn't like the Treaty of Versailles
Wanted to get more land than they got
Joined the League of Nations and was a member from 1919 until they withdrew in 1937
Washington Navel Conference-1921
5 Power Pact
Signed by Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy
Designed to prevent an arm's race
It limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers
Did not restrict cruisers, destroyers or submarines
9 Power Pact
Guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the Open Door policy
Signed by the United States, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal
King Victor Emmanuel
Asked Mussolini to take over power in Italy to keep the communists out of Italy (1922)
Fascism
Government led by a strong dictator
Stresses strong nationalism, militarism and imperialism
Uses intimidation to get what they want
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Countries pledged not to use war as a way to settle disputes
Ethiopia invaded by Mussolini 1936
Italy lost its Ethiopia colony in Africa at the 1896 Battle of Adua
One of the worst colonial disasters of modern history
Feb. 23, 1935, Italy sends large forces into Ethiopia
Italy wins
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