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GLOBAL CRISIS

GLOBAL CRISIS. NO LEAGUE. Washington Conference *5 Power Pact-Naval *9 Power Pact-Open door *4 Power Pact-Pacific colonies. Kellogg-Briand Pact 14 nations Outlaws war as an instrument of policy. Dawes Act 1924

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GLOBAL CRISIS

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  1. GLOBAL CRISIS

  2. NO LEAGUE

  3. Washington Conference *5 Power Pact-Naval *9 Power Pact-Open door *4 Power Pact-Pacific colonies

  4. Kellogg-Briand Pact 14 nations Outlaws war as an instrument of policy

  5. Dawes Act 1924 Encourages banks to lend money to Germany so they can pay reparations so the Allies can pay us back

  6. 1931 Manchuria invaded by Japan

  7. 1932 World Disarmament Conference France rejects disarmament Wants international army to counter German power

  8. Benito Mussolini

  9. Roosevelt: *takes US off Gold Standard *Forgets war debt *recognizes Soviet Union *Good Neighbor Policy

  10. ISOLATIONISM *Nye Committee-tricked into WWI Bankers, Wall St., Arms Dealers *Treaty to join World Court defeated

  11. Invasion of Ethiopia

  12. Neutrality Act of 1935 Mandatory embargo against both victim and aggressor

  13. Spanish Civil War

  14. Guernica

  15. Guernica - Pablo Picasso

  16. How far ahead can Roosevelt get from the American people and still lead?

  17. Neutrality Act of 1937 * Cash & carry of nonmilitary goods

  18. Japan attacks China FDR give “Quarantine the Aggressor Speech”

  19. USS Panay 3 Americans killed

  20. Neutrality Act of 1939 Cash & Carry for war goods FDR gets $1 billion for defense passed

  21. Destroyer Deal 1940 Destroyers for bases

  22. 1940 Selective Service Act passed Registers men ages 21-35 2 million selected

  23. America First Largest isolationist group General Robert Wood Hugh Johnson Senators Gerald Nye and Burton Wheeler Alice Roosevelt Henry Ford

  24. May 1940 Poll 64% of Americans want the US to not help England Poll taken after France surrenders

  25. One Senator states England should give up their islands to Hitler and move to Canada for the sake of peace

  26. Wendell Wilkie

  27. Why run for a third term? Worried the next President will not see Hitler as Roosevelt does

  28. Lend – Lease “Lending” supplies to England “Give us the tools, we’ll finish the job”

  29. Atlantic Charter Roosevelt & Churchill 4 Freedoms Freedom of speech religion want fear

  30. FDR signs treaty with Greenland-gets bases Declares safety belt of 1000 miles Sends Marines to Iceland to “protect Western hemisphere”

  31. USS Greer fired on –miss USS Kearney hit 11 killed USS Reuben James sunk ~100 killed

  32. USS Reuben James

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