World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)

There were some in Japan who believed that their country should engage the great powers and support the international system as means of obtaining the national resources and markets its growing economy needed. Others believed that the great powers, particuraly Britian, France and the United States, would never treat Japan fairly or with respect.

2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?

They had pratciced extreme isolationism and did not interact with other countries economically in any way. Once they began trading with other countrys, however, their economic, military, and political power grew exponentially. They became a world power after this but felt threatened by the US's constant growing presence in the pacific, which interfeared with the imperialist policys Japan was beginning to develop.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)

Because the US felt threatened by Japan's growing naval power and the treaty being signed would limit naval importance in the future.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)

They wanted to avoid a war and wanted the ability to take forceful international action when necessary.

5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)

Improved economy, reduced unemployment and fed on build up anger from WWI.

6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)

As a retaliation of the japanese train station being bombed. And a self-sufficent and not need to rely on foreign trade.

7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?

The fire gave Hitler a reason to declare all German Constitutional rights invalid, which helped his druing his rise to power. The bombing of the train station gave the Japanese a reason to invade China, which helped them expand their power outside of their island nation territory.

8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)

Because the US had made the Japanese military smaller after WWI.

9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)

Fascists believe that govenrment should have total, unquestioned, rule over the people. Almost like the individual surrenders all of his/her rights to the government. Socialists are similar in the sence that they both believe in the lack of individual rights, hovever socialists believe that all citizens should be considered equal, and that all citizens should work for the betterment of society. Liberal democracy is the only of these ideologies that believes in and stresses the importance of the rights of the individual. This political system believes in a government run by elected officials who's job is to represent the views and concerns of the people whom they represent.

New Deal Essay Outline

How, and with what success, did the United States government try to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression?

The United States government tried to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression by the three Rs. The three things that Roosevelt came up with are Relief, Recovery and Reform, with Relief it was brought through the Emergence Bank act, the FDIC, and FERA. He brought Recovery to the United States through associations that focused on banking, farming, and labor reforms. Also Roosevelt thought of Reform through associations such as NRA, TVA, the Wagner Act, and Social Security which were used to try and focus on fixing with long-term actions and to build a future that would be better.

In the 1930s with presidents Hoover in presidency from 1928 to 1932 and then FDR in presidency from 1932 to 1940. The actions that Hoover took were to just sit back and watch the economy pick itself back up while the actions that FDR took were the New Deal, and the three Rs- Relief, Recovery, Reform. The impact of the New Deal on Americans was that they got jobs, got money and shut down the banks cut the business failures, however there were still millions out of work and homeless. The opposition to the New Deal is that it was too complicated and there were too many codes and regulations, and that government should not support trade unions and it should not support calls for higher wages- the market should deal with these issues.