chapter 26 section 1 a. legacies of wwi – 8 million dead—112,000 were americans – policy of...
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• A. Legacies of WWI– 8 million dead—112,000 were Americans– Policy of isolationism• US did not want alliances
• B. Promoting Peace– Disarmament – Washington Conference• Naval and Pacific security
• (B Continued)– Kellogg-Briand Pact• 62 Countries• Outlawed war as a means to national policy
– 1932—Japan invaded Manchuria
• C. War Debts and Reparations– Allies owed $10 billion– $32 billion was collected from Germany– Adolf Hitler• Was jailed for attempted overthrow in 1923
– 1934– Only Finland was able to repay debt
• A. Intervention in Nicaragua – US was fighting war to overthrow leader
• B. A change in policy– Good Neighbor Policy– Cancelled the Platt Amendment– US companies investing in Latin America• Mexico
– Corrupt dictators
• A. Mussolini in Italy– Benito Mussolini – Fascist Party• Blackshirts—Army• Attacked Ethiopia and took over
• B. Stalin in the Soviet Union– Joseph Stalin• Leader of Soviet Union
– Created Totalitarian State– Killed as many as 30 Million
• C. Hitler in Germany– 1932 Hitler and Nazi party• Get 40% in election
– Third Reich• Stoßtruppen • Brownshirts
– Conquest• 1936—Rhineland• 1938—Austria and Sudetenland
– Anti-Semitism
• A. The Response to Fascism– Axis Powers form 1936– Munich Conference• Appeasement granted to Hitler• Neutrality laws passed
– Dec 1937• Japan sinks US Boats in China• Two Americans killed
• B. War– March 1939 Germany invades– Italy invades Albania– Russia signs Non-Aggression Pact– Allied Powers Declare War• France and British
– Russia attacks Finland and Poland– FDR Pledges to not go to war• Lend-lease act• $7Billion to Allies
– Blitzkrieg– 1940• Churchill becomes new leader
• C. Tensions mount in Atlantic– German subs sinking lots of ships– Atlantic Charter• No territorial expansion
– Germany Invades Soviet Union• June 1941