Week of Feb. 15-19

Monday-Part 2 of 1930's test

Tuesday-WWII Video

Important People
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Winston Churchill
- Joseph Stalin
- Adolf Hitler
Treaty of Versailles
- the treaty that ended World War I
- in 1919
- New countries
  - Finland
  - Estonia
  - Latvia
  - Lithuania
  - Poland
  - Czechoslovakia
- Lost land to:
  - France
  - Belgium
  - Denmark
  - Czechoslovakia
- Had limited troops but were training illegally
- Financial
  - Germany had to pay $33 billion to the allies
  - Austria wanted to join Germany but they were forbidden to do that
  - Lost vital industrial territory which took a blow to the economy
- General
  - Germany had to take the blame/the full responsibility for starting the war-Clause 231 or the "War Guilt Clause"
  - A league of nations was set up to keep world peace
    - Weaknesses of the League of Nations
      - United States never joined the Treaty of Versailles
      - Unanimous approval to get stuff done
      - Could make sanctions
    - What was it?
      - Countries coming together to keep world peace
- Washington Naval Conference-1921
  - 4 Power Pact
    - treaty signed by the united states, 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, 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 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
  - Kellogg-Briand Pact
    - Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, and the United States originally signed
    - 65 countries eventually signed it
    - a pact to not go to war
- London Naval Conference-1931
  - The UK, USA, France, Italy, and japan attended
  - Extension of the 5 power pact
  - five-year halt on capital ship construction, tighter controls on submarine warfare, and the continuation of limits on aircraft carriers
- Impact of the Great Depression
  - was on the world not just eh US
  - japan aggression
  - Italian aggression
  - Hitler/German aggression

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Week of Feb. 15-19

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