Transcript Read pp.594– 595 and answer the following questions in your

1920’s FOREIGN POLICY
Read pp.594– 595 and answer the
following questions in your notebook.
 What steps did the United States take after
World War I to isolate itself from The
dangerous politics of Europe?
 What was the Dawes Plan? Draw a
diagram of how this plan was supposed to
work.
Read pp.594– 595 and answer the
following questions in your notebook.
 Explain the purpose of the
following:
–The Washington Conference
–The Four-Power Treaty
–The Five-Power Treaty
–The Nine-Power Treaty
Isolationism
 The United States did not ratify the
Treaty of Versailles
 The U.S. did not join the League of
Nations
 The U.S. refused to join the World
Court
Dawes Plan
 High American tariffs made it difficult for
European Nations to sell their products to
the United States.
 It was important that European economies
be healthy to buy American exports and
repay their debt.
 1924 Charles G. Dawes negotiated and
agreement with France Britain and
Germany.
The Washington Conference
Conference on Limitation of Armaments
8 nation conference in Washington D.C.
that led to the:
 Four-Powers Treaty
 The Five-Powers Treaty
 The Nine-Powers Treaty
Four-Powers Treaty
Agreement signed by the U.S., Great
Britain, France, and Japan.
It sought to eliminate the development of
rival blocs in East Asia, as well as to
preserve the territorial sovereignty of the
signatories' holdings in the Pacific.
The Five-Powers Treaty
U.S., Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy:
 Agree to freeze their navies at 1921 levels.
 Agree to cease battleship production for
10 years
 Reduce fleet of capital ships to a fixed
ratio (5:5:3:1.75:1.75)
 Expected to produce a balance of power in
the Pacific
The Nine-Powers Treaty
France, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Belgium,
China, the Netherlands, Portugal and the U.S.
agree to preserve equal commercial rights in
China
The United States was especially leery of
Japanese designs on China after the RussoJapanese War (1904-1905) and repeatedly
signed agreements with the Japanese
government pledging to maintain a policy of
equality in Manchuria and China
HOMEWORK DUE 11/18
 Describe the Kellogg-Briand
Pact?
 What were its strengths and
weaknesses?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
 U.S. Sec. of State Frank Kellogg and
French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand
proposed a treaty to outlaw war.
 1928 U.S. and 14 other nations signed
the pact.
– It had no way of enforcing its goals
– Signing nations agreed to abandon war and
settle disputes by peaceful means