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Interwar Diplomacy. America’s Isolating Internationalism. Harding ’ s Foreign Policy. Knox-Porter Resolution, 1921 Formally ended war with Central Powers Washington Naval Conference, 1921-22 Disarmament Tensions in East Asia Some positive steps, but no long-term solutions.
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Interwar Diplomacy America’s Isolating Internationalism
Harding’s Foreign Policy • Knox-Porter Resolution, 1921 • Formally ended war with Central Powers • Washington Naval Conference, 1921-22 • Disarmament • Tensions in East Asia • Some positive steps, but no long-term solutions
Coolidge’s Foreign Policy • Immigration Act of 1924 • Dawes Plan, 1924 • Geneva Naval Conference of 1927 • Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 • Red Line Agreement, 1928
Hoover’s Foreign Policy • Young Plan, 1929-30 • London Naval Conference, 1930 • Stimson Doctrine, 1931-32 • Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 1933
Good Neighbor Policy, 1933 • Latin America • Trade • Promised no military intervention • Platt Amendment Abrogated
Recognition of Soviet Union • Gentleman’s Agreement, 1933 • Roosevelt-Litvinov Conversations • Debt issues • Non-interference
Isolationism • Belief that US should stay out of foreign wars and other problems • Rejection of Treaty of Versailles • Leading proponents • Charles Lindbergh • Sen. William Borah (R- Idaho) • Sen. George Norris (R- Nebraska) • Rep. Hamilton Fish (R- New York)
Nye Committee, 1934-36 • Special Commission on the Investigation of the Munitions Industry • Supported claims US entered WWI to protect commercial interests of arms industry Senator Gerald Nye (R-North Dakota),