American Foreign Policy Between the World Wars

 

1The Washington Naval Arms Conference
was a significant early arms-control effort
ended with the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact
typified the isolationist foreign policy of the 1920s
was responsible for the escalation of the arms race among the U.S., Great Britain, and France
ended with no agreement

2Japan demonstrated its expansionist policies in 1931-1932 by invading
the Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Mongolia
Manchuria
French Indochina

3British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain proclaimed "peace in our time" after
announcing his Good Neighbor Policy
signing the Versailles Treaty
signing the Washington Naval Conference Treaty
signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with the Soviet Union
appeasing Hitler by agreeing to cede the Sudetenland to Germany

4Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy
proclaimed "speak softly, but carry a big stick"
declared "no state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another" in Latin America
led to a scrupulous "hands-off" policy in Latin America, even in instances where American interests were threatened
led to a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
was directed at Nazi aggression in Europe

5The Abraham Lincoln Brigade enabled Americans to participate in what 1930s action?
The Spanish Civil War
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
German annexation of Austria
Japanese invasion of Korea
Russian attack on Finland