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Trade and Arms Control

Trade and Arms Control. After WWI, most Americans favored isolationism They did not want to become involved in foreign affairs. However, the US was too interconnected with other countries to go back to isolationism. Isolationism.

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Trade and Arms Control

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  1. Trade and Arms Control

  2. After WWI, most Americans favored isolationism • They did not want to become involved in foreign affairs. • However, the US was too interconnected with other countries to go back to isolationism Isolationism

  3. After the war, the US allies had a hard time paying back their war debts. • The US argued that American taxpayers should not have to pay the debts of others The Dawes Plan

  4. The US argued that European nations were receiving extra territory as a result of the war, whereas the US had gained nothing. • Also pointed out that European nations were receiving reparations from Germany • The US wanted European economics to be stable The Dawes Plan

  5. In 1924, on American banker, Charles Dawes, negotiated an agreement with France, Britain, and Germany. • Under the agreement, American banks would help Germany make their payments. • At the same time, Britain and France would accept less in reparations while paying more on their war debts • The plan actually put GB, Fr, and Ger. deeper into debt to the US. The Dawes Plan

  6. On August 27, 1928 the United States and 14 other countries signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact • The treaty stated that all signing nations agreed to abandon war and negotiate disputes peacefully. Abolishing War

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